Ip Routing Basics Configuration; Ip Routing And Routing Table; Routing; Routing Table - 3Com S7906E Configuration Manual

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IP Routing Basics Configuration

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IP Routing and Routing Table

Routing Protocol Overview
Configuring a Router ID
Displaying and Maintaining a Routing Table
The term "router" in this document refers to a router in a generic sense or a Layer 3 switch.
EA boards (such as LSQ1GP12EA and LSQ1TGX1EA) do not support IPv6 features.
IP Routing and Routing Table

Routing

Routing in the Internet is achieved through routers. Upon receiving a packet, a router finds an optimal
route based on the destination address and forwards the packet to the next router in the path until the
packet reaches the last router, which forwards the packet to the intended destination host.

Routing Table

Routing table
Routing tables play a key role in routing. Each router maintains a routing table, and each entry in the
table specifies which physical interface a packet destined for a certain destination should go out to
reach the next hop (the next router) or the directly connected destination.
Routes in a routing table can be divided into three categories by origin:
Direct routes: Routes discovered by data link protocols, also known as interface routes.
Static routes: Routes that are manually configured.
Dynamic routes: Routes that are discovered dynamically by routing protocols.
Contents of a routing table
A routing table includes the following key items:
Destination address: Destination IP address or destination network.
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