IP Routing Overview

The Internet is a large collection of hosts that communicate with each other and use routers as intermediate packet switches.

Routers forward a packet through the interconnected system of networks and routers until the packet reaches a router that is attached to the same network as the destination host. The router delivers the packet to the specified host on its local network.

Related Documentation

• IP Routing Information Tables Overview
• IP Routing Operations Overview
• IP Default Route Overview
• IP Tunnel Routing Table Overview