Routing Fundamentals
This device determines the best path for forwarding packets between networks.
What is a router?
This distance-vector protocol has a maximum hop count of 15.
What is RIP?
This command displays the routing table on a Windows device.
What is "route print"?
This type of routing requires manual configuration and does not adapt to changes in the network.
What is static routing?
This term refers to a scenario where packets continually circulate through the network without reaching their destination.
What is a routing loop?
This table contains information about how data packets should be routed within and between networks.
What is a routing table?
This protocol uses link-state advertisements to share network topology information.
What is OSPF?
This Cisco command is used to configure a static route.
What is "ip route"?
This type of routing automatically updates to adapt to network changes.
What is dynamic routing?
This occurs when a router fails to find a valid route for the destination address.
What is route failure?
This layer of the OSI model is responsible for routing data packets.
What is the Network layer?
This hybrid protocol combines the features of distance-vector and link-state protocols.
What is EIGRP?
This command tests connectivity by sending echo requests to a network destination.
What is "ping"?
This technique reduces the size of routing tables by combining multiple routes into one.
What is route summarization?
This attack manipulates routing information to redirect traffic to malicious destinations.
What is route poisoning?
This metric in routing protocols calculates the number of hops a packet takes to reach its destination.
What is hop count?
This protocol is used for routing between autonomous systems on the internet.
What is BGP?
This command traces the path packets take from the source to the destination.
What is "tracert"?
This process translates private IP addresses into public ones for internet communication.
What is NAT?
This network performance issue can occur if routers propagate excessive routing updates.
What is network convergence delay?
This mask is used to distinguish the network portion of an IP address.
What is a subnet mask?
This protocol dynamically assigns IP addresses to devices.
What is DHCP?
This command enables administrators to manually add routes on a Windows system.
What is "route add"?
This stable interface on a router provides a consistent IP address used for testing and routing protocols.
What is a loopback interface?
This routing anomaly occurs when packets take an indirect or inefficient route to their destination.
What is suboptimal routing?