Networking Guide
Chapter 5, Configuring Internet Protocol (IP) routing

Routing table description

Routing table description

Every computer running SCO TCP/IP has an Internet routing table. It is stored in the operating system kernel and is referred to as the ``kernel routing table'' or sometimes as the ``kernel forwarding table''. This table consists of a series of entries. Each entry consists of multiple fields. The fields pertinent to this discussion are:

The following sections show examples of how the routing table is used for direct and indirect routing.