Stub network/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Routing [r]: The process of receiving a packet on one interface of a router, validating the packet and forwarding it out the appropriate interface. ^[e]
• Internet Protocol [r]: Highly resilient protocol for messages sent across the internet, first by being broken into smaller packets (each with the endpoint address attached), then moving among many mid-points by unpredictable routes, and finally being reassembled into the original message at the endpoint. IP version 4 (IPv4) is from 1980 but lacked enough addresses for the entire world and was superseded by IP version 6 (IPv6) in 1998. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Default route [r]: The exit of last resort onto which a router can forward packets whose destination does not match any prefix in the local routing table ^[e]
• Default router [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Transit network [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Stub area [r]: Part of an Open Shortest Path First routing domain, a lower-level hierarchical area that is not generally not intended for transit, and receives only default and inter-area routes from the backbone ^[e]
• Transit area [r]: Add brief definition or description