Editing Routing table (section)

{{Short description|Data table stored in a router that lists the routes to network destinations}}
{{Distinguish|Router table (woodworking)}}

[[File:Bgp rtable.png|thumb|Route table showing internet [[BGP]] routes ]]

In [[computer networking]], a '''routing table''', or '''routing information base''' ('''RIB'''), is a [[data table]] stored in a [[Router (computing)|router]] or a [[network host]] that lists the routes to particular network destinations, and in some cases, [[Metrics (networking)|metrics]] (distances) associated with those routes. The routing table contains information about the [[Network topology|topology of the network]] immediately around it.

The construction of routing tables is the primary goal of [[routing protocol]]s. [[Static route]]s are entries that are fixed, rather than resulting from routing protocols and network topology discovery procedures.