INTRODUCTION
PROTOCOL LAYERING
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Question
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Switch
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Rooter
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Route
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Router
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Router is a device that forwards data packet from one network to another.
Detailed explanation-2: -A router is a physical or virtual appliance that passes information between two or more packet-switched computer networks. A router inspects a given data packet’s destination Internet Protocol address (IP address), calculates the best way for it to reach its destination and then forwards it accordingly.
Detailed explanation-3: -A router selects routes and forwards packets. Upon receiving a packet, a router selects a proper path, which may have one or multiple hops, to send the packet to the next router according to the destination address in the packet. The last router is responsible for sending the packet to the destination host.