CHAPTER SUMMARY
This chapter discussed the basic operations of the OSI Reference Model’s Layer 3 (Network Layer) routing and switching, the way routing is used to forward messages to different network topologies and technologies, distance-vector and link-state routing protocols and their functions, the reasons for and the functions of Layer 3 resiliency, and the protocols used to implement it.
You learned that routers make a path determination decision based on the destination network prefix or network number that is found in the router’s routing table. The RIB provides specific details about reachable networks. The FIB provides specific details about the interfaces associated with the reachable networks.
The routing capabilities of any ...
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