This Homework Is Due By 11:59 PM on December 7, 2014

  1. What is the purpose of the MARKER field in the BGP header? Why is it needed?

  2. Can you imagine a situation in which an autonomous system chooses not to advertise all of its networks? Explain.

  3. How does a router use Network Address Translation (NAT) to enable communication between hosts connected to a private network and the rest of the internet.

  4. Explain how Split Horizon is used by the RIP protocol to avoid erroneous updates to routing tables.

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