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Static Routing Overview and Configuration

The document discusses static routing in computer networks, highlighting its advantages such as low bandwidth usage and increased security, as well as disadvantages like lack of adaptability to network changes and maintenance challenges in large networks. It outlines two methods for configuring static routes using an IP address or an outgoing interface. The practical steps for configuring PCs and routers are also mentioned, along with the importance of understanding the network structure for effective static route management.

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Static Routing Overview and Configuration

The document discusses static routing in computer networks, highlighting its advantages such as low bandwidth usage and increased security, as well as disadvantages like lack of adaptability to network changes and maintenance challenges in large networks. It outlines two methods for configuring static routes using an IP address or an outgoing interface. The practical steps for configuring PCs and routers are also mentioned, along with the importance of understanding the network structure for effective static route management.

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SYIT PRACTICAL COMPUTER NETWORK

Practical 3
Static Routing

1. Static routing method is most trusted by a router.


2. Static routing is not really a routing protocol.
3. Static routes do not dynamically adapt to network changes, are not
particularly scalable, and require manual updating to reflect changes.

Static routing has the following advantages


1. There is no bandwidth usage between routers, which means you could
possibly save money on WAN links.
2. There is no overhead on the router CPU, which means you could possibly
buy a cheaper router than you would use if you were using dynamic routing.
3. It adds security because the administrator can choose to allow routing
access to certain networks only.

Static routing has the following disadvantages


1. Static routes don’t dynamically adapt to network change.
2. If a network is added to the internetwork, the administrator has to add a
route to it on all routers—by hand.
3. It’s not feasible in large networks because maintaining it would be a full-
time job in itself.
4. With static routing, as your network grows, it can be difficult just keep
adding static routes makes sure everybody can still get everything.
5. The administrator must really understand the internetwork and how each
router is connected in order to configure routes correctly.

There are two different styles to configure an “ip route” command:


1. Using a next hop IP address
2. Using an outgoing interface

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Consider the following network

We configure it as follows

Step 1: (configure PC 0)

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Step 2: (configure PC 1)

Step 3: (configure Router 0)

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Step 4: (configure Router 1)

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The routing table is configured in the following wayFor

router 0

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For router 1

Now we can give the ping command as shown to check the connectivity

So static routing has been studied

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