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The Routing Table. Each entry in a routing table
provides a variety of information, including the ultimate
destination network number, a metric, the IP address of the next
router in sequence to get to the destination (if appropriate), and
the interface through which to reach this destination. The metric is
a measure of how good the route is—basically, the lower the metric,
the better the route. Other information can be present in routing
tables, including various timers associated with the route. The
routing table can have entries from the following sources: |
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