|  | 11.8 | Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) and Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP)
| 11.8.6 | How routers recognize networks

So how does route information get into a routing table in the first place? The network administrator can manually enter the information in the router. Routers can learn the information from each other on the fly. Manual entries in routing tables are called "static routes". Routes learned automatically are called "dynamic routes".