CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide (Exam 640-802), 3rd Edition

15 Routers and Routing

CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVES

15.01     Routing Introduction

15.02     Dynamic Routing Protocols

15.03     Distance Vector Protocol Problems and Solutions

           Two-Minute Drill

Q&A     Self Test

 

The preceding part of the book focused on switches and protocols that function at layer 2. This part of the book moves up one layer in the OSI Reference Model to discuss layer 3, the network layer. Layer 3 devices are generically called routers. Routers basically have two functions:

 

   To find a layer 3 path to a destination ...