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In computer networking, source routing, also called path addressing, allows a sender of a data packet to partially or completely specify the route the packet takes through the network. [1] In contrast, in conventional routing , routers in the network determine the path incrementally based on the packet's destination.
Loose Source Routing is an IP option which can be used for address translation. LSR is also used to implement mobility in IP networks. [3] Loose source routing uses a source routing option in IP to record the set of routers a packet must visit. The destination of the packet is replaced with the next router the packet must visit.
IPv6-Route Routing Header for IPv6: RFC 8200: 0x2C 44 IPv6-Frag Fragment Header for IPv6: RFC 8200: 0x2D 45 IDRP Inter-Domain Routing Protocol: 0x2E 46 RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol: RFC 2205: 0x2F 47 GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation: RFC 2784, RFC 2890: 0x30 48 DSR Dynamic Source Routing Protocol RFC 4728: 0x31 49 BNA Burroughs Network ...
A router can run more than one routing protocol at a time, particularly if it serves as an autonomous system border router between parts of a network that run different routing protocols; if it does so, then redistribution may be used (usually selectively) to share information between the different protocols running on the same router. [55]
On a network with a single edge router, it is possible to implement source-specific routing by manual manipulation of routing tables. [6] With multiple routers, explicit support for source-specific routing is required in the routing protocol. As of early 2016, there are two routing protocols that implement support for source-specific routing:
A routing protocol specifies how routers communicate with each other to distribute information that enables them to select paths between nodes on a computer network. Routers perform the traffic directing functions on the Internet; data packets are forwarded through the networks of the internet from router to router until they reach their ...
IP forwarding algorithms in most routing software determine a route through a shortest path algorithm. In routers, packets arriving at an interface are examined for source and destination addressing and queued to the appropriate outgoing interface according to their destination address and a set of rules and performance metrics.
For instance, a router may have a static or connected route for a local network segment, which is then redistributed over dynamic routing protocols to enable connectivity to that network. [4] By using the metric to reduce the priority of a static route a fallback can be provided for instance when a DHCP server becomes unavailable. This can also ...