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is used to determine which route is to be installed in the routing table
**The route that has the lower AD will be preferred over the route with the higher AD and will be added to the routing table. |
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| Purpose of Administrative Distance (AD) |
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*Routers learn about adjacent networks that are directly connected and about remote networks by using static routes and dynamic routing protocols.
*A router might learn of a route to the same network from more than one source. |
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| Three types of Routing Sources. |
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Direct Connect
Static
Dynamic Routing Protocol |
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term trustworthy is commonly used when defining administrative distance.
(The lower the administrative distance value, the more “trustworthy” the route.) |
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*Exchange of routing information between routers.
*Dynamically learn information about remote networks and add routes to routing tables.
*Determines the best path to each network.
*Automatically finds alternate paths if needed. |
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| Advantages of Dynamic over Static Routes: |
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*Less administrative overhead.
*Scales better.
*Less prone to configuration errors. |
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| Tables or databases for their operations, kept in RAM. |
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*An algorithm is a finite list of steps used in accomplishing a task.
*Used for processing routing information and for best-path determination. |
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| Routing Protocol Messages |
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*Discover neighboring routers.
*Exchange, learn and maintain accurate network routing information. |
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