Here are the key steps in the IP routing process:
1. Host A checks its ARP table to see if it has the MAC address for Host B's IP address. Since Host B is on a different network, it does not have this information.
2. Host A sends the packet to its default gateway, Router A. The default gateway is the IP address of the router on the same network as Host A.
3. Router A checks its routing table to see how to reach the destination network for Host B. It sees that the next hop for that network is out its E1 interface.
4. Router A forwards the packet out its E1 interface towards Router B.
5. Router B receives