Chapter 1 Introduction to Routing and Packet Forwarding Routing Protocols and Concepts quangkien@ .Topics l Inside the Router Ÿ Routers are computers Ÿ Router CPU and Memory Ÿ Internetwork Operating System Ÿ Router Bootup Process Ÿ Router Ports and Interfaces Ÿ Routers and the Network Layer Path Determination and Switching Function Ÿ Packet Fields and Frame Formats Ÿ Best Path and Metrics Ÿ Equal Cost Load Balancing Ÿ Path Determination Ÿ Switching Function l l l CLI Configuration and Addressing Ÿ Implementing Basic Addressing Schemes Ÿ Basic Router Configuration Building the Routing Table Ÿ Introducing the Routing Table Ÿ Directly Connected Networks Ÿ Static Routing Ÿ Dynamic.
