Networking
Would you rather
Static or Dynamic Routing: Which Would You Pick?
Would you rather type every route yourself, or let routers figure it out?
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Lesson notes
Key points
- Static routes cost no CPU or bandwidth and are fully predictable, but they never adapt when a link fails.
- So network size and how often topology changes decide it: a small branch office suits static, a campus backbone needs dynamic.
Definitions
- Dynamic routing
- Routers exchange route information using a protocol and update their tables automatically when topology changes.
Takeaway: Static for small stable networks; dynamic for large changing ones.
Quick check: Would you rather run static routes or a dynamic routing protocol?
- Static routes
- Dynamic protocol
- Depends on the case
Network size and how often links change decide which is better.
Static routingScale decides
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