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# Dynamic Routing Protocol

**Routing Rules:**

* * **Two directly connected devices must be in the same Subnet**

    (Two IP addresses, not separated from each other by a router, must be in the same subnet).
  * **Every Port of a Router must be in the different Subnet**

    (Two IP addresses, separated from each other by at least one router, must be in different subnets).
* [Router's ](https://app.gitbook.com/@mudassirs46/s/network-fundamentals/~/drafts/-MRZ8l67L5MHnaQIEh9W/router)Routing Table should be populated with Routes. 
* **Routes can be populated in 3 ways:**
* Directly connected Routes will automatically reflect in Router's Routing Table.
* Administrator can make Static Rote Entry in Router's Routing Table 
* Dynamic Routing Protocols will learn Routes Dynamically in Router's Routing Table.

|                      Static Routing                      |                   Dynamic Routing Protocol                  |
| :------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------: |
|          Use Static Route when Network is simple         |     Use Dynamic Routing Protocol when Network is complex    |
|    Static Route paths are selected by an Administrator   |       DRP are responsible for the best path selection       |
| Requires minimum Resources (Memory,CPU, Bandwidth, etc.) | Requires sufficient Resources (Memory,CPU, Bandwidth, etc.) |

* **Routing Protocols role is:**
  * To learn about all the Networks.
  * To learn about all the paths to reach all the Networks.
  * To select the best path to reach all the Networks.
* Routing Protocol's messages are called Updates.
* **Routing Updates includes:**
* 1. Details of Networks on which Routing Protocol is operating
* 1. Routes that Routing Protocol has received from Neighbors.

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