Routing protocols

Question 1

A fake or virtual interface that is created on a router to test

Answer 1

loopback interface

Question 2

A file that contains a set of rules that shows information on what path a data packet takes to its destination

Answer 2

routing table

Question 3

Collect information about the current network status and map out the best path for data ppackets to take to their specific destination

Answer 3

routing protocols

Question 4

Refers to how many routers a data packet has to go through to reach its destination

Answer 4

a hop

Question 5

Refers to when there was a single transmitter of data, and that data is being received by multiple receivers

Answer 5

broadcast

Question 6

With …, the packets are sent to single destination

Answer 6

unicast

Question 7

Allows for fault tolerance and prevents unnecessary traffic loops in the network, and it does by allowing the switches to talk to each other to find if loops are happening in the network

Answer 7

spanning tree protocol