CompTIA Network+ (2009 Objectives) Tutorials
IP Routing / Distance Vector Protocols
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Distance Vector Routing Protocols come to us basically in three flavors that you're going to see on the Network+ Exam, and so I want to drill into those in this video. The first one, is called, RIP, or R I P, the second one is RIP version 2, or R I P version 2, and the third is BGP. Now let's take a look at each one of these, and give you just some basics that you need to know for this Exam. First of all, R I P stands for, Routing Information Protocol. Now what happens here, is R I P as a protocol that goes out there and it basically compiles a database of all IP information on the routers networks. And it collects things like IP address of the hosts, the gateway, the distance to that particular IP address, based on the number of hops and so forth, or the number of routers between this router and others, and the term for that is hops. I've mentioned it a couple of other times, so anytime, say if there's three routers between me and the destination machine, then there's going to be three hops involved OK? And it also uses what's called a route change flag, and this is where, it indicates that data has changed, and needs to be updated on other routers. Now you can see where this goes pretty quickly in a large network. You have a lot of data that can be changing because routers go up, they come down, we may change the networks, and so forth, and so this data has to be passed around. Now at regular intervals with RIP, the router sends updates to all the other routers connected to it. Now again, early on, this was kind of a cool idea, but it started to be problematic, and hints, along comes RIP version 2. Works exactly the same as RIP, but it transmits a little more information, it also transmits subnet mask information, and it supports subnetting or VLSM, or Variable Link Subnet Masks. And so RIP version 2 is kind of the new improved cool version of this OK? Now another thing is RIP version 2 allowed it to send partial updates, not the entire Table, they kind of did some cool things. So just know that version 2 is kind of the new shiny version. Now BGP is Border Gateway Protocol, now what you really need to understand about Border Gateway Protocol is, this maintains a Table of IP networks, alright? And it's called a Reachability Protocol, and it's not really referred to, nor is it really a Routing Protocol. It provides information to the routers, that tells it what IP networks are out there, and it maintains a Table of these networks, and actually stores them kind of in prefix mode, or prefix configuration, and it helps routers to designate, the ability to reach networks, on autonomous systems. Autonomous system, a good example of that is the Internet, and as a matter of fact, BGP was used to replace what was being used before, that allowed the Internet as it grew, in that exponential growth spurt that started back in the early 90's, and continues today. It allowed the Internet to no longer work as like a single main backbone network. It decentralized routing altogether. Anyway this, the way it operates, and I don't want to go to deep here and confuse you, but just understand BGP, Border Gateway Protocol, it is routing based on a wider scope, and it's based on reachability. In other words, can I get there? Not so much about how many hops, and all that, but can I get there, and send me on my way. So BGP is something that you probably want to go out and read about, and to be honest with you, every Protocol that we're talking about here, it would well be your while to go and read about it each one individually. The more you read about these things, the easier that Exam's going to get. And I know you hit, kind of a point, of diminishing returns here, where you're no longer sleeping or eating, because you're reading so much, but Routing Protocols will show up on the Exam, if you just know the basics about RIP, RIP version 2, BGP, and understand and make sure you have straight in your mind. These are Distance Vector Routing Protocols, whenever we're talking about one of these three, we're talking about Distance Vector Routing. You should be able to figure a way through the questions on the Network+ Exam.
Tutorial Information
| Course: | CompTIA Network+ (2009 Objectives) |
| Author: | Mark Long |
| SKU: | 34216 |
| ISBN: | 1-936334-90-9 |
| Release Date: | 2011-04-29 |
| Duration: | 6 hrs / 91 lessons |
| Work Files: |
Yes |
| Captions: | No |
| Compatibility: |
Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux QuickTime 7, Flash 8 |
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