Delivery and Forwarding
Examines how packets are delivered across local and remote networks and how forwarding decisions are made by routers.
Learning Goals
- Differentiate direct delivery and indirect delivery in network communication
- Explain how routers use forwarding information to send packets toward their destination
- Interpret the relationship between destination addresses, next hops, and forwarding tables
- Trace the path of a packet through multiple routers based on forwarding decisions
- Analyze forwarding scenarios to identify packet handling behavior at each hop