Saturday, 18 January 2014

WHAT IS ROUTER

INTRODUCTION TO ROUTERS

                                  What is Router

Router is an internetworking device
  • It enables communication between two or more different logical networks
  • It is a Network Layer(layer 3) device
  • It comes from the word "ROUTE"
  • Hence it is also a device that finds the best route(path) for networks



                                  Types of routers

 There are two type of Routers
  • hardware Routers:
-Cisco,Juniper,Nortel,MULticom,Dlink,Maipu and many more..
  • software Routers:
-Microdoft servers,Linux Servers,GNU,Cisco Packet Tracer

Functions of a Router


  • Inter-network Communication
  • Best path selection
  • Packet Switching
  • Packet Forwarding

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