Objective: Perform simple route aggregation for routing traffic for sending/receiving packets. Basic Principles: Route aggregation is a method to minimize the number of routing tables in an IP network. It consolidates selected multiple routes into a single route advertisement. It offers some advantages. (TechTarget.com) minimizes latency in a complex network, especially when many routers are involved; reduces or eliminates unnecessary routing updates after part of the network undergoes a change; and hides instability in the system behind the summary in the absence of summarized networks. Scenario and Procedure: R R1 20 20 20 20 20 R4 10 R R 10 R R3 R R2 5 * R6 - R5 R 30 10 5 R8 R 10 R R10 R5 30 R9 R 25 R7 This shows a simple logical topology of nodes located in the cloud. The highlighted green values represent hop costs in which a data packet passes from node to node. A red X mark represents a broken link, a pre-existing connection with physical faults. Parameter A: Routers R4, R6, and R9 are having problems with faulty data connection and configuration in which passing data may experience packet loss. Parameter B: Routers R3 and R5 have experienced network intrusion due to the security measures not being configured properly. As a NOC engineer of a distinguished company, your supervisor tasked you to route traffic in sending/recieving packets from R1 to R10 nodes (routers) with the following requirements: Determine the fastest path (UDP) and safest path (TCP). Aggregate the nodes (select series of routers) and compute hop costs for each path and give a brief conclusion for each path chosen. Be mindful of parameter A and parameter B when choosing paths. Example: Route: R1 R2 R3 R4; Hop costs: 20 + 5+ 6+12=43