Routing Concepts

1. BAIT2164 COMPUTER NETWORKS
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Tutorial 5
1. Discuss the purpose of routing and the functions of a router.
2. Routers support three packet-forwarding mechanisms. Differentiate process
switching and fast switching methods.
3. What is the function of default gateways?
4. What are the criteria to make a router interface available?
5. What is the purpose of configuring loopback interface?
6. Describe the information stored in the routing table in a router.
7. Illustrate how routers switch packets between networks based on the topology
in Figure 1.
Figure 1
8. Briefly explain the packet forwarding decision process on a router.