Key Terms

Review the following list of key terms:

  • autonomous system A network participating in a larger network that is maintained by an autonomous entity.

  • exterior router A router in an autonomous system that passes routing information to other autonomous systems.

  • interior router A router within an autonomous system that exchanges routing information with other computers in the autonomous system.

  • IP forwarding The process of passing an IP datagram from one network interface to another network interface of the same device.

  • OSPF A common link state interior routing protocol.

  • RIP A common distance vector interior routing protocol.

  • routing protocol Any of several protocols used by routers to assemble route information.

  • SPT (Shortest Path Tree) A tree-like map of the network assembled by an OSPF router.



Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours
Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours (4th Edition)
ISBN: 0672329964
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 259
Authors: Joe Casad

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