Routing Protocols

Routing Protocols Evolution and Classification...

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Vocabulary Exercise: Matching (Key Words)

Match the definition on the left with a term on the right. This exercise is not necessarily a one-to-one matching. Some definitions might be used more than once, and some terms might have multiple definitions.

Definitions	Terms
a) A protocol that does not include subnet mask information in its messages	1) administrative distance
b) Routing protocols that operate between autonomous systems	2) algorithm
c) A topology that consists of a major network separating the subnets of another major network	3) autonomous system
d) The ability to specify a different subnet mask for the same network number on different subnets	4) classful routing protocols
e) Rating of trustworthiness of a routing information source	5) classless routing protocols
f. A collection of routers under a common administration	6) converged
g. Speed and ability of a group of routers to agree on the topology of the network after a change in that topology	7) convergence
h) Classification of a routing protocol that uses the shortest path first or Dijkstra algorithm	8) discontiguous network
i) Classification of a routing protocol that uses the Bellman-Ford algorithm to determine the best path	9) distance vector
j) A finite list of steps used by routing protocols for best-path determination	10) exterior gateway protocols
k) Routing protocols that operate within autonomous systems	11) interior gateway protocols
l) A protocol that does include subnet mask information in its message	12) link-state
m) A state when routers all have the same consistent network topology in their routing table	13) VLSM