While discussing about protocols, two terms are commonly used: routing protocols and routed protocols. A routing protocol learns routes for a routed protocol and routed protocol carries user traffic such as e-mail, file transfers etc. IP, IPX and Appletalk are the examples of Routed Protocols. An example of Routing Protocol is OSPF (Open Shortest Path First).

 

Routed Protocol	Routing Protocols
IP	RIP, IGRP, OSPF, EIGRP
IPX	RIP, NLSP, EIGRP
Appletalk	RMTP, AURP, EIGRP

 

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• Introduction to Static Routes and Default Routes

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