ROUTE SUMMARIZATION

ROUTE SUMMARIZATION

Route-summarization tools allow engineers to

advertise one route that replaces several smaller
routes, with the new route matching the same range
of addresses. Doing so alleviates some of the waste:
wasted effort, bandwidth, RAM, and CPU.
 BENEFITS
• It reduces the size of routing tables, while still allowing the router
to route packets to all the destinations in the network.
• The shorter table means that routing performance can be
improved and memory can be saved inside each router.
• Summarization also improves convergence time for routing
protocols, because the routing protocol has much less work to do.
SMALL INTERNETWORK WITH GOOD CANDIDATES
FOR ROUTE SUMMARIZATION
 ROUTES FOR THE FOUR SUBNETS ON THE RIGHT
SUMMARIZED INTO ONE ROUTE
 EXAMPLE
1. Which of the following summarized subnets is the smallest (smallest range of addresses) summary
route that includes subnets 10.3.95.0, 10.3.96.0, and 10.3.97.0, mask 255.255.255.0?
a. 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0
b. 10.3.0.0 255.255.0.0
c. 10.3.64.0 255.255.192.0
d. 10.3.64.0 255.255.224.0
2. Which of the following summarized subnets are not valid summaries that include subnets
10.1.55.0, 10.1.56.0, and 10.1.57.0, mask 255.255.255.0? (Choose two answers.)
a. 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0
b. 10.1.0.0 255.255.0.0
c. 10.1.55.0 255.255.255.0
d. 10.1.48.0 255.255.248.0
e. 10.1.32.0 255.255.224.0
 EXAMPLE
3. Which of the following would be considered the best subnet/mask to add for a new summary route
that summarizes routes for subnets 10.1.12.0/24, 10.1.14.0/24, and 10.1.15.0/24?
a. 10.1.0.0/20
b. 10.1.8.0/21
c. 10.1.12.0/21
d. 10.1.12.0/22
4. Which of the following would be considered the best subnet/mask to add for a new summary route
that summarizes routes for subnets 192.168.1.64/28, 192.168.1.80/28, and 192.168.1.96/28?
a. 192.168.1.0/25
b. 192.168.1.64/26
c. 192.168.1.32/26
d. 192.168.1.64/27