Networking True / false

True or False: Do Routers Know the Whole Path?

Name: True or False: Do Routers Know the Whole Path?
Uploaded: 2026-11-09T12:21:04.316Z
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Description: True or false: a router knows the full path to your destination

True or false: a router knows the full path to your destination

Lesson notes

Explain how routers use routing tables and longest-prefix match to forward packets

Takeaway: Routers match the longest prefix and choose only the next hop.

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