Static Routing

1: What information must be stored in the route table?

* At a minimum, each entry of the routing table must include a destination address and the address of a next-hop router or an indication that the destination address is directly connected.

2: What does it mean when a route table says that an address is variably subnetted?

* Variably subnetted means that the router knows of more than one subnet mask for subnets of the same major IP address..

3: What are discontiguous subnets?

* Discontiguous subnets are two or more subnets of a major IP network address that are separated by a different major IP address.

4: What command is used to examine the route table in a Cisco router?

* show ip route is used to examine the routing table of a Cisco router.

5: What are the two bracketed numbers associated with the non-directly connected routes in the route table?

* The first bracketed number is the administrative distance of the routing protocol by which the route was learned. The second number is the metric of the route.