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Understanding Routing

The objective of this lesson is to explain routing. We’ll start by first defining what routing is. We’ll follow that with a discussion on addressing. There is a section on routing terminology which covers subjects like routed vs. routing protocols and dynamic and static routing. Finally, we’ll talk about routing protocols.

Routing Protocols

Routed versus Routing Protocols Confusion often exists between the similar terms routing protocol and routed protocol. Routed protocols are any… Read More

Static Routing and Dynamic Routing

Static Routing Static routing knowledge is administered manually: a network administrator enters it into the router’s configuration. The administrator must manually… Read More

Network Addressing

Network and Node Addresses Each network segment between routers is is identified by a network address. These addresses contain information… Read More

Routing Tables and Routing Algorithms

Routing Tables To aid the process of path determination, routing algorithms initialize and maintain routing tables, which contain route information.… Read More

LAN-to-LAN Connectivity

This illustrates the flow of packets through a routed network using the example of an e-mail message being sent from… Read More

What Is Routing?

Routing is the process of finding a path to a destination host and of moving information across an internetwork from… Read More