Partially marketing, partially an ability to scale (general purpose os' generally tend to get burdened with tasks that deprive the routing threads of vital system resources).
As a device that passes data between two L3 networks, and makes decisions based upon L3 header information, you can call it a router. As a device that is dedicated to, and designed for, routing, you probably wouldn't want to. They both forward packets. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Green" To: Sent: 01 August 2002 6:03 pm Subject: router vs packet forwarding [7:50471] > what is the difference between router and a device > that does packet forwarding between its interfaces. > > example: > can a plain NT box with two network cards (with IP > forwarding enabled) be called as a router ? or it is > just doing packet forwarding. > in my understanding even routers like say cisco router > does such packet forwarding though it can make a > decision on such packet forwarding based on a routing > protocol. would that be correct to say ? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=50505&t=50471 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
