Router Architecture overview

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router functions

  1. run routing algorithms/protocol (RIP, OSPF, BGP)
  2. forwarding datagrams from incoming to outgoing link

Router - Input port functions

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Switching Fabrics

<aside> 💡 Input buffer로 들어온 packet을 적절한 output buffer로 전달해주는 과정

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Switching via memory

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