routing

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) provides the standard IGP protocol for local area networks, and provides great network stability, guaranteeing that if one network connection goes down the network can quickly adapt to send packets through another connection. The following subsections describe how RIP was invented, how RIP works, and other ...

A router (pronounced /'rautər/ in the USA and Canada, pronounced /'ru:tə/ in the UK and Ireland, or either pronunciation in Australia) is a networking device whose software and hardware are usually tailored to the tasks of routing and forwarding information. For example, on the Internet, information is directed ...

 Adminstrative Distance ( AD) Administrative Distance or AD is an integer from 0 to 255 that rates the trustworthiness of routing information received on a router from a neighboring router. The AD is used as the tie-breaker when a router has multiple paths from different routing protocols ...

Q1)   What is routing ? Ans  Routing is the process in which itmes are forwarded fromone location to another. Routing is hop-by-hop paradigm.   Q2)   Describe routing & Switching in Cisco Router. Ans  Routing function is the mechanism of learning and maintaining awareness of the network ...