>Missed the beginning of this thread, but from what I have seen it walks the
>edge of something central to what we all do or hope to do for a living.
>
>To whit, what does a router do, and how does it do it?
>
>I don't recall seeing this discussed anyplace except in one of the white
>papers on certification zone ( plug plug www.certificationzone.com )
RFC1812.
My "Routing and Switching Architectures."
>
>packet received by router
>router checks forwarding table ( routing table )
>if it finds a match it forwards the packet out the appropriate interface.
>
>note that in no part of this process does anything like OPSF of RIP or EIGRP
>play a part.
>
>how do routes get into a routing table? only two ways I can think of ( three
>if one considers Cisco On Demand Routing (ODR)
>
>understanding this process is a left handed way of understanding the
>difference between routed and routing protocols.
>
>Chuck
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
>Donald B Johnson jr
>Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:57 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [7:11709]
>
>
>Actually it is a yes or no question.
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Dixon"
>To: "Donald B Johnson jr"
>Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:07 AM
>Subject: RE: [7:11709]
>
>
>> cdp is a broadast and a proprietary protocol used by Cisco devices to
>> discover other Cisco devices.
>> Thus Cisco Discovery Protocol. (CDP)
>> How would you use RIP to route a broadcast packet? Why would you want
>> broadcasts to propagate across your router(S)?
>>
>> Curious though,
>> to what are you referring when you asked can a router route without a
>> protocol? surely this is a rhetorical quesiton.
Message Posted at:
http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=11852&t=11709
--------------------------------------------------
FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html
Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
