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Chapter 12 Routing Settings
12.1RoutingTable
This page displays the device core routing table which lists
destinationIP,subnetmask,gateway,hopcountandinterface.
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Theprincipaltaskforarouteristolookforanoptimaltransfer
pathforeachdatapacketpassingthrough it,andtransferittothe
specified destination. So, it’s essential for a router to select an
optimal path, i.e. routing algorithm. To complete this work, the
routerstoresandmaintainsrela
teddataofvarioustransferpaths,
i.e.establishingaroutingtable,forfuturerouteselection.
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