RE: Route Table

Yeah...but there's a table that has a whole slew of IP addresses/host names
(I think) that is NOT the host table... I've seen it before but it's been
several years. You can actually manually update it too, I remember, by
running a command, but again, that command escapes me.


And it's available on the PC and on the iSeries and probably any other
TCP/IP connected system.

It's what gets updated on any system when an IP address changes.

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lukas Beeler
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:01 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Route Table

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Shannon ODonnell
<sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I keep thinking it's called the route table, but I don't think that's it.
More along the lines of an SNMP table or something like that maybe?

The routing table contains routing instructions for IP packets - on a
PC this usually consists of the local subnet and a default gateway.
This information is usually received via DHCP (Ethernet) or IPCP (PPP
Connections).

On routers or firewalls, things can get more complicated - there are
even protocols for automatic distribution of routing table entries
(BGP, OSPF, RIP).