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Interpret the routing table

Interpret the routing table

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Interpret the routing table

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- [Instructor] The routing table is the heart of every router, and it's filled via a few different methods. One is connected routes. As an IP address is added to a router's interface via the IP address command and then the interface is in the up/up state, an entry is placed into the routing table for this subnet. When I've referred to a directly connected subnet, this is precisely what I'm referring to. Another is static routes. A static route is one that is manually configured by an administrator using the IP route command. Last is via routing protocols. When routing protocols are configured on multiple connected routers, they will dynamically inform each other of routes from their routing tables, as well as those taught to them from other routers participating in the protocol. The local routing table is viewed via the show ip route command. The command outputs stats by giving all of the codes that will be associated with routing entries. These codes will show up to the left of each…

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