While we tend to consider routing as something that is performed on a router or a server configured for routing, your computer also performs routing functions. The next activity introduces you to the Windows OS routing table.
Activity 1:
- On your Windows PC, open Command Prompt and type route print.
- This will provide details of your routing table. Keep this open to compare as we go through my output (Figure 7.1):
Figure 7.1: Output for route print command
The top row of the output is the headers:
- Network Destination: This shows either the network address, a specific IP address, or the broadcast address.
- Netmask
