Packet Tracer Network Simulator

The Routing table

A routing table lists all of the preferred routes known to a router. It is viewable in two ways, one using the inspect tool of packet tracer and the other using the show ip route Cisco IOS command. With each way, you'll see a table with lots of columns and information. We are about to see what each of these means. Here is a sample output of a command used to show the routing table:

R1>show ip route
C    192.168.10.0/24 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0
R    192.168.20.0/24 [120/1] via 192.168.10.1, 00:00:18, FastEthernet0/0
C    192.168.30.0/24 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/1
R    192.168.40.0/24 [120/1] via 192.168.30.2, 00:00:08, FastEthernet0/1

The first column denotes the routing protocol. The letter C is for connected and ...