Chapter 10

Routing Technologies and Bandwidth Management

This chapter covers the following topics related to Objective 2.2 (Compare and contrast routing technologies and bandwidth management concepts) of the CompTIA Network+ N10-008 certification exam:

  • Routing

    • Dynamic routing

    • Protocols

      • Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

      • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

      • Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)

      • Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

    • Link state vs. distance vector vs. hybrid

    • Static routing

    • Default route

    • Administrative distance

    • Exterior vs. interior

    • Time to live

  • Bandwidth management

    • Traffic shaping

    • Quality of service (QoS)

In Chapter 4, “IP Addressing,” you learned how Internet Protocol (IP) networks can be divided into subnets. Each subnet ...

Get CompTIA Network+ N10-008 Cert Guide now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial