Routing is the basic networking term which refers to the paths(hops) taken by the layer 3 packets to reach to the destination . Routing refers to the carriage of packets from source to destination using the desired protocols , without routing one cannot think of getting internet upto him. And because somewhere in some end ISPs routing is done you are able to watch this blog.
In Routing we have two basis of classification
- Static Routing and
- Dynamic Routing (which is Protocol based like OSPF,RIP,EIGRP,BGP,HSRP)
So in this blog we will cover Static Routing . Static Routing is the simple routing from one network gateway to another neighboring network gateway by providing the next hop address . Static Routing takes the first place in IP tables demonstration (R# sh ip route).The given Command in braces in a CISCO IOS Router will give you the IP table for that specific Router . And routes starting from S are Static routes
Static Routing command on a CISCO IOS Router is:
(config)#ip route <dest. network> <dest. mask> <next hop address>
Static Routing is the default routing protocol. It simply sends the Packet according to the routes , doesn’t advertise the routes.
The above commands describe for static routing in a private network topology.
