Q&A
Q1: | What's the difference between a bridge and a router? |
A1: | A bridge forwards data by physical address. A router forwards data by logical (IP) address. |
Q2: | Why does core Internet primarily use dynamic routing? |
A2: | It wouldn't be practical for a network administrator to type in static routing table information for a core router on the wildly complex and amorphous Internet. |
Q3: | I want a switch that will allow me to forward Web traffic through a specific network interface. What kind of switch do I need? |
A3: | A Layer 4 switch lets you forward traffic based on a port number associated with Web traffic. At a lower level, such as Layer 3, you could forward traffic based on network address, but you couldn't filter for a specific service at the address; ... |
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