Entries of an IP Routing Table
A routing table contains the information necessary to forward a packet along the best path toward its destination. Each packet contains information about its origin and destination. Routing Table provides the device with instructions for sending the packet to the next hop on its route across the network.
Each entry in the routing table consists of the following entries:
- Network ID: The network ID or destination corresponding to the route.
- Net Mask: It is the ID that helps to know the network name.
How to disable ping to a website using Linux?
In this article we are going to create a customized network setup, to restrict accessing specific sites.
Suppose we want to access Google and don’t want to access Facebook, for this we need to create a customized network setup by configuring some routing rules for our system router. So let’s come to some terms regarding networking: