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.
Routed versus Routing Protocols Confusion often exists between the similar terms routing protocol and routed protocol. Routed protocols are any network protocol suite that provides enough information in
Static Routing Static routing knowledge is administered manually: a network administrator enters it into the router’s configuration. The administrator must manually update this static route entry whenever an internetwork
Network and Node Addresses Each network segment between routers is is identified by a network address. These addresses contain information about the path used by the router to
Routing Tables To aid the process of path determination, routing algorithms initialize and maintain routing tables, which contain route information. Route information varies depending on the routing algorithm
This illustrates the flow of packets through a routed network using the example of an e-mail message being sent from system X to system Y. The message exits
Routing is the process of finding a path to a destination host and of moving information across an internetwork from a source to a destination. Along the way,