What is a Route?

1. What is a Route?
2. What is a Default Route?
   1. Sub-Level A
      1. detail 1
      2. detail 2
   2. Sub-Level B
   3. Sub-Level C
      1. detail 1
         1. sub-detail a
            1. micro-detail i
            2. micro-detail ii
         2. subdetail b
      2. detail 2

What is a route?

A route tells a router how to get from computer A to computer B when they are separated by one or more routers. Computers attached to each other by hubs, switches or bridges don't need a router to communicate and use ARP and RARP instead of routes to find each other on the network. A route is the basic unit of information in the routing process. A route is information about an existing path between networks or hosts. Routes are used by a device called a router to forward data to a computer on a different network. If the information is entered manually by an administrator, it is referred to as a static route. If the route is learned automatically by the routing device, it is called a dynamic route.