Chapter 9

Question 1

Define routing protocol.

Answer 1

A tool used by routers to dynamicaly find all the netwrokds in the internetwork as well as to enssure all routers have the same routing tabel. It determines the path of a packet through an internetwork. ie RIP p. 278

Question 2

What is a routed protocol used for?

Answer 2

Routers use it to send user data packets through the established internetwork. They are assigned to an interface and determine the method of packet delivery. ie IP and IPv6. p. 279

Question 3

Define routing table

Answer 3

a map of the internetwork that describes how to find the remote networks. p 279

Question 4

define dynamic routing.

Answer 4

a protocol on one router communicates with the same protocol running on neighbor routers. THe roters update eachother about all the networks they know about ahnd place information into the routing table. p. 279

Question 5

true or false: in static routing you have to type in the network and path the IP will use to send packets.

Answer 5

true

Question 6

What is dynamic Routing?

Answer 6

Breaks up protocols into catagories. p. 289

Question 7

What is the first split in the dynamic protocol process?

Answer 7

The division of the interior gateway protocols IGPs and exterior gateway protocols EGPs. p. 289