explain the classful route lookup process

Best Route, Routing Table Terms, and Lookup Process

The best route is the longest match route to the destination IP address. The route lookup process matches the destination IP address with the route available in the routing table and chooses the longest to match route as the forwarding route. To match the destination IPv4 address of a packet with the routes in the… Read more

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IPv4 Classful Network Exclusive Explanation

By Asad Ijaz

A classful network is a network addressing architecture used in networks since 1981. RFC 790 and 791, released in 1981, describe how IPv4 network addresses were primarily allocated based on a classification system. The authors of IPv4 addresses set up three classes of network addresses: class A, B, and C for different network sizes. Classful

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