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router vs layer 3 switch

July 8, 2014 admin Network, 0

Routers and Layer 3 Switching    While most switches operate at the Data layer (Layer 2) of the OSI Reference Model, some incorporate features of a router and operate at the Network layer(Layer 3) as well. In fact, a Layer 3 switch is incredibly similar to a router. When a router receives a packet, it looks at the Layer 3 source and […]

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