Post-Lab Questions

Please enter the answers to these questions into your lab notebook.

1. Are routing loops possible with static routes? Explain how a packet would behave if it got caught in a routing loop.

2. What is hierarchical routing in OSPF? Give an example where heirarchical routing can be used effectively.

3. Where is a packet forwarded if two entries in the routing table match for the destination address?.

4. What is the "count to infinity problem"?

5. What happens when a packet arrives at a router and there are no entries in the forwarding table for the destination address?