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5.3 Routing Overview 128
5.3.1 Path Determination 129

5.3.2 Network Layer Addressing 130

5.3.3 The Communication Path 131

5.3.4 Routing Tables 132

5.4 Routing Algorithms and Metrics 134

5.5 Interior and Exterior Routing Protocols 136

5.6 Routing Protocols 137

5.6.1 Distance-Vector Protocols 137

5.6.2 Link-State Protocols 138

5.7 Routing Protocol Characteristics 139

5.7.1 RIP 139

5.7.2 IGRP 140

5.7.3 EIGRP 140

5.7.4 OSPF 141

5.7.5 IS-IS 141

5.7.6 BGP 141

5.8 IP as a Routed Protocol 141

5.9 Creating a Subnet 142

5.9.1 Determining Subnet Mask Size 143

5.9.2 Computing the Subnet Mask and IP Address 145

CHAPTER 6 TRANSPORT AND APPLICATION LAYERS PROTOCOLS 149

6.1 TCP/IP Transport and Application Layer 149

6.2 Understanding the TCP/IP Transport Layer 108

6.2.1 Flow Control 109

6.2.2 TCP 110
6.2.3 TCP and UDP Port Numbers 112

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