We have recently spoken about IP routing, but there is something else that needs our attention, and it is all about the types of routes found in a routers routing table. It might sound confusing but ...

Routers (and Layer 3 switches) perform table lookups determining the next hop (next router or Layer 3 switch) along the route, which in turn determines the output port over which to forward the packet ...

So it looks like this:<BR>=====<BR>=====<BR>Active Routes:<BR>Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric ...