3 March, 2014.

Millions of Routers Work in Concert to Route Packets on the Internet, Based on This One Simple Equation. Amazing.

This week we will look at how routing is done on the Internet, focusing on distance vector routing protocol and RIP, used in intra-AS routing.

Slides: PDF

Please read the following sections in the textbook. Reading:
Chapter 4 of KR.

• 4.5 Routing Algorithms
  • 4.6.1 Intra-AS Routing in the Internet: RIP