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router has a logical Layer 3 connection to every other router connected to the Layer 2
cloud.
Figure 10-1 shows a physical and logical Layer 3 view of such overlay models. The
physical model shows Layer 3 devices—routers connected through Layer 2 (Frame Relay
or ATM) switches. The switches in the network help define the exact physical path taken by
any Layer 3 traffic entering the Frame Relay or the ATM cloud.
Figure 10-1 Layer 2 Overlay Model for TE
For the traffic from Router A to Router B, for example, the Layer 2 cloud offers three
physical paths: A->1->4->B, A->1->2->3->4->B, and A->1->6->5->4->B. The actual ...