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Detailed Information

In this module, you will gain a fundamental understanding of IP routing. You will also do hands-on Interface and Configuration Labs. In addition, you will also learn basic Cisco IOS IP routing commands.

Objectives:

At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to:

• Understand local-area networks and data-link addressing.
• Describe the difference between a bridge and a router.
• Discuss the basic functionality of a routing table and how routers work.
• Understand network addressing.
• Identify IP addresses by class and calculate subnetting and subnet masks according to addressing needs.
• Discuss IP routing fundamentals.
• Understand other Internet protocols such as Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP).
• Identify the differences between a routed and a routing protocol.
• Describe the two fundamental functions of a routing protocol: path determination and path switching.
• Define the term routing metrics and describe how routing metrics work.
• Define the term routing algorithms , describe how they work, and understand types of algorithms.
• Define routing loops and understand methods to use to avoid them.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain IP routing, using the appropriate Cisco IOS commands.
• Configure a default gateway.
• Configure a static default route.
• Configure IP unnumbered.
• Configure secondary IP addressing.