What is route summarization and why to use it? In large internetworks, hundreds, or even thousands, of network addresses can exist. It is often problematic for routers to maintain this volume of routes in their routing tables. Route summarization (also called route aggregation or supernetting) can reduce the number of Read more…
What is route redistribution and why to use it? Route redistribution is the process of sharing routes from one routing protocol and distribute them into another. By default, routers only advertise and share routes with other routers running the same protocol. As such if one router is configured for OSPF Read more…
What is EIGRP and why to use it? Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) is an advanced distance-vector routing protocol that is used to share routes with other routers within the same autonomous system (AS number). Unlike other routing protocols EIGRP was designed by Cisco Systems as a proprietary protocol, Read more…
What is route redistribution and why to use it? Route redistribution is the process of sharing routes from one routing protocol and distribute them into another. By default, routers only advertise and share routes with other routers running the same protocol. As such if one router is configured for OSPF Read more…
What is BGP and why to use it? Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a standardized exterior gateway protocol designed to exchange routing and reachability information among autonomous systems (AS) on the Internet. The Border Gateway Protocol makes routing decisions based on paths, network policies, or rule-sets configured by a network Read more…
What is OSPF and why to use it? Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is interior gateway protocol (IGP) that makes use of a link state routing (LSR) algorithm. OSPF supports complex networks with multiple routers and may be structured, or subdivided, into routing areas to simplify administration and optimize traffic and Read more…
What are stub networks and why to use them? A stub network is a term describing a computer network part of a large whole that will typically send much or all of its non-local traffic out via a single path. Stub networks are usually only aware of a default route Read more…