Welcome to the ROUTE course of the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification program. The focus of this guide is to pick up on IP routing concepts where the Cisco Certified Network Administrator certification program left off. In addition to this, this guide will introduce and explain, in detail, additional relevant concepts that are mandatory requirements of the current ROUTE certification exam.
The ROUTE certification exam focuses primarily on the implementation of IP routing protocols within the enterprise network. In addition to that, however, you are also expected to demonstrate a solid theoretical and practical understanding of routing solutions to support remote offices, as well as mobile workers. These concepts will be covered in detail in this guide. This chapter lays the foundation for the core concepts that will be described throughout this guide. The Internet Protocol routing foundation topics that will be covered in this chapter are:
- Internet Protocol Routing Protocol Fundamentals
- Flat and Hierarchical Routing Algorithms
- IP Addressing and Address Summarization
- Administrative Distance
- Routing Protocol Metrics
- Prefix Matching
- Building the Routing Table
- Routing Protocol Classes
- The Objectives of Routing Protocols
- On Demand Routing (ODR)
- Summary