Stable and proven method (distance vector was the original routing algorithm)
1 Advantage
Easy to implement and administer
2 Advantage
Bandwidth requirements negligible for a typical LAN environment
3 Advantage
Requires less hardware and processing power than other routing methods
4 Advantage
Relatively long time to reach convergence (updates sent at specified intervals)
5 Disadvantage
Routers must recalculate their routing tables before forwarding changes
6 Disadvantage
Susceptible to routing loops (count-to-infinity)
7 Disadvantage
Bandwidth requirements can be too great for WAN or complex LAN environments
8 Disadvantage
