What does a hop count of 16 mean in RIPv1?

What does a hop count of 16 mean in RIPv1?

• The administrative distance is 16
• The destination is an infinite distance away and unreachable
• The device is 16 hops away
• It established a 16 Mb connection to the device 

EXPLANATION

RIPv1 is a Classful routing protocol. Classful routing protocols support only the networks which are not subnetted. The maximum number of hops allowed for RIP is 15,
which limits the size of networks that RIP can support. A hop count of 16 is considered an infinite distance and the route is considered unreachable.