Routing Table
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What is a Router Routing Table?
A routing table is the data structure a router consults for every packet it forwards, listing known destination networks alongside the next-hop address and out…
What is Route Summarization?
Route summarization (route aggregation) is the practice of combining multiple contiguous IP subnet routes into a single, shorter-prefix route so that routers a…
What is Administrative Distance?
Administrative distance (AD) is a per-protocol trust rating, typically 0-255, that a router uses to decide which source to believe when it learns a route to th…
What is Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP)?
Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) is a routing technique where a router installs and actively uses multiple paths to the same destination in its forwarding table sim…
What is Policy-Based Routing (PBR)?
Policy-based routing (PBR) forwards traffic based on administrator-defined rules that match on criteria beyond the destination IP address — such as source addr…