routable protocol

What is Routable Protocol?

Also called a routed protocol, a network protocol that supports routing of packets on an internetwork using their logical network layer (layer 3) addresses.

The most commonly used routable network protocols are as follows:

• The TCP/IP suite used on the Internet
• Novell’s IPX/SPX (or Microsoft’s equivalent NWLink IPX/SPX-Compatible Transport)
• The legacy Xerox Network Systems (XNS)
• Digital’s DECnet
• Apple Computer’s AppleTalk suite
• Banyan VINES
• The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) suite

Common network protocols that are not routable include the following:

• NetBEUI
• Data Link Control (DLC)