An active, properly configured, directly connected interface actually creates two routing table entries. The figure displays the IPv4 routing table entries on R1 for the directly connected network 192.168.10.0.

The routing table entry for directly connected interfaces is simpler than the entries for remote networks. The entries contain the following information:

Note: Prior to IOS 15, local route routing table entries (L) were not displayed in the IPv4 routing table. Local route (L) entries have always been a part of the IPv6 routing table.