routers - network gear (5045-rt)

overview of routers - network gear (5045-rt)

— networking devices may include gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters; and may also include hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, isdn terminal adapters and other related hardware. the most common kind of networking hardware today is a copper-based ethernet adapter which is a standard inclusion on most modern computer systems. wireless networking has become increasingly popular, especially for portable and handheld devices. other networking hardware used in computers includes data center equipment (such as file servers, database servers and storage areas), network services (such as dns, dhcp, email, etc.) as well as devices which assure content delivery. a routeris a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the internet. a data packet is typically forwarded from one router to another through the networks that constitute the internetwork until it reaches its destination node