September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
8h 53m
English
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Routing Types
Solaris uses a memory-based table to store information on how to route packets to different destinations. There are two types of route—direct and indirect:
Direct— A direct route exists when two (or more) hosts are connected to the same physical network and the two hosts can exchange information without any other device being involved. If you wrote a letter, for example, to your next door neighbor, you would simply deliver the letter to the house; there would be no need to involve the postal system.
Indirect— An indirect route exists when two (or more) hosts are not connected to the same physical network. For communication to take place, an intermediate device is required that is connected to both the source and destination networks. ...