osor,

Thanks for your reply and I do apologise for the belated response as I had been away.

Noted below are your replies to my queries. I have appended my queries with the denotion >>

* Yes (if you consider a single computer as a network with a full netmask).

>> What do you mean by "if you consider a single computer as a network with a full netmask"

* Yes (kind of). It doesn't really specify a path to the destination. It specifies the `next hop' (i.e., what computer to ask for a connection with the destination. the computer at that end presumably has its own `next hop'. The `next hop' idea continues until a path is found. Although it is possible to specify/query more complete routes using RIP and stuff, this is beyond the basic routing table).

>> So the route table lists the 'next hop' e.g. path as to which computer to ask to reach its destination