Static routes work well for a handful of networks, but they do not scale and they do not react to failures on their own. Dynamic routing protocols let routers tell each other which networks they can reach, detect link failures and recalculate paths automatically. Protocols fall into two groups based on where they operate relative to an autonomous system (AS), which is a network under a single administrative control with its own routing policy, usually identified by an AS number.
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