Determine how a router makes a forwarding decision by default
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3 total · page 1 of 1Which Action Does the Data Plane Perform?
The data plane (forwarding plane) of a router or switch is the component that actually moves packets onward through the network. This page establishes
Router Forwarding: Longest Prefix Match Logic
A router forwarding a packet to 172.31.0.1 with multiple matching routes (/16, /24, /25) selects the longest prefix match, which is /25.
Equal-AD Routes Cause R1 to Load-Balance to 172.16.1.4/30
When a router has two routes to the same destination with the same administrative distance (and, after AD, equal metrics), it installs both and load-b