Chapter 11 Vocabulary & Questions

Vocabulary

Default route

Delay

Dynamic routing

Enhanced IGRP

Header

Hop Count

Hop

IGRP

OSPF

RIP

Routing metric

Routing protocol

Static route

Stub network

Questions

1. What does a router do?

2. What improvements do network address offer over physical addresses?

3. Distinguish between routed protocols and routing protocols.

4. How does multiprotocol routing enable the Internet to exist?

5. List and briefly describe at least five examples of routing metrics. The metrics most commonly used by routers include the following: bandwidth, delay, load, reliability, hop count, ticks & cost.