networking, a routing table, or routing information base (RIB), is a data table stored in a router or a network host that lists the routes to particular...
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the task. The routing process usually directs forwarding on the basis of routing tables. Routing tables maintain a record of the routes to various network...
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Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR /ˈsaɪdər, ˈsɪ-/) is a method for allocating IP addresses for IP routing. The Internet Engineering Task Force introduced...
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The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is one of the oldest distance-vector routing protocols which employs the hop count as a routing metric. RIP prevents...
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ARPANET routing algorithm and was implemented more widely in local area networks with the Routing Information Protocol (RIP). Distance-vector routing protocols...
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Default-free zone (redirect from Internet routing table)
well-connected router that has as good a view of the Internet as any other single router. For serious routing research, however, routing information will...
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Border Gateway Protocol (redirect from Route reflector)
to exchange routing and reachability information among autonomous systems (AS) on the Internet. BGP is classified as a path-vector routing protocol, and...
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IP routing is the application of traffic routing methodologies to IP networks. This involves technologies, protocols, structure, administrations, and...
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Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) is an advanced distance-vector routing protocol that is used on a computer network for automating routing decisions...
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virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) is a technology that allows multiple instances of a routing table to co-exist within the same router at the same...
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Metrics (networking) (redirect from Routing Metric)
Routing metrics are configuration values used by a router to make routing decisions. A metric is typically one of many fields in a routing table. Router...
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each node's routing table. This contrasts with distance-vector routing protocols, which work by having each node share its routing table with its neighbors...
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Router table may refer to Routing table - a concept in computer networking Router table (woodworking) - a power tool used in woodworking This disambiguation...
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function a router performs is called policy-based routing where special rules are constructed to override the rules derived from the routing table when a...
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source routing instead of relying on the routing table at each intermediate device. Usually, in environments where infrastructure like routers and access...
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are used with and without dynamic Routing protocols and usually share the same routing table as those protocols. Routes require at least two attributes;...
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Control plane (redirect from Routing control plane)
See routing protocols. The routing table manager, according to implementation and configuration rules, may select a particular route or routes from those...
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contribution of the algorithm was to solve the routing loop problem. Each entry in the routing table contains a sequence number, the sequence numbers...
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Zone Routing Protocol, or ZRP is a hybrid wireless networking routing protocol that uses both proactive and reactive routing protocols when sending information...
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policy-based routing (PBR) is a technique used to make routing decisions based on policies set by the network administrator. When a router receives a packet...
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AppleTalk (redirect from Routing Table Maintenance Protocol)
the job was that it was busy with. The Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (RTMP) was the protocol by which routers kept each other informed about the topology...
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Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP), defined in RFC 1075, is a routing protocol used to share information between routers to facilitate the transportation...
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A path-vector routing protocol is a network routing protocol which maintains the path information that gets updated dynamically. Updates that have looped...
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registrars, currently Accuity, to manage the ABA routing number system. Accuity is the Official Routing Number Registrar and is responsible for assigning...
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prefix and which bits are the host address. Routing is done by consulting a routing table maintained by the router which contains each known destination network...
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the routing algorithm, and as a result, in a group of nodes, the path to a particular destination forms a loop. In the simplest version, a routing loop...
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Supernetwork (redirect from Routing prefix aggregation)
larger network. The new routing prefix for the aggregate network represents the constituent networks in a single routing table entry. The process of forming...
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Administrative distance (redirect from Route preference)
take precedence over all routing protocols and routes issued from a routing protocol will not be inserted into the routing table. The example below shows...
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alternate routes. In a non-switched network, the routes used to send a given message through the network are identified in advance in routing tables maintained...
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streaming and remote procedure call protocol primarily used in Adobe Flash Routing Table Maintenance Protocol, part of the AppleTalk network stack Royal Tyrrell...
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