Routing Flashcards
What is the destination when sending data to a switch?
MAC address
What is the destination when sending data to a routing table
IP address
How is a switch Source Address Table (SAT) built?
automatically via received traffic
How is a routing table built?
manually via humans
Where does a switch forward and how?
Layer 2 -> based on frame destination MAC address
Where does a router forward and how?
Layer 3 -> based on packet destination IP address
What are the three parts of router functionality?
1) Route Installation
2) Routing Table
3) Routing Process
What does every router interface have? (3)
1) a name
2) a MAC address
3)an IP address
What are the three types of routes?
Dynamic, Connected, and Static
How is a connected route installed?
when giving a router interface its IP address
How is static route installed?
with a static route command
what does a connected route indicate?
a router interface is connected to that network
