Making routing decisions

Regardless of which protocol is in use, the premise is the same: the path chosen is the one with the smallest metric. Admittedly, I've oversimplified this, but I wanted to give you an overview before moving on.

All routing devices hold a routing table that contains information about the networks, interfaces, and metrics. Even your Windows PC will have a routing table. And that is where I'm going to start.

Windows OS routing table

While we tend to consider routing as something that is performed on a router or a server configured for routing, your computer also performs routing functions. The next activity introduces you to the Windows OS routing table.

Activity 1:

1. On your Windows PC, open...