24-port NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Switch Management and Operating Concepts
IP Routing
IP handles the task of determining how packets will get from
their source to their destination. This process is referred to as
routing.
For IP to work, the local system must be attached to a network.
It is safe to assume that any system on this network can send
packets to any other system, but when packets must cross other
networks to reach a destination on a remote network, these
packets must be handled by gateways (also called routers).
Gateways connect a network with one or more other networks.
Gateways can be a computer with two network interfaces or a
specialized device with multiple network interfaces. The device
is designed to forward packets from one network to another.
IP routing is based on the network address of the destination IP
address. Each computer has a table of network addresses. For
each network address, a corresponding gateway is listed. This is
the gateway to use to communicate with that network. The
gateway does not have to be directly connected to the remote
network, it simply needs to be the first place to go on the way to
the remote network.
Before a local computer sends a packet, it first determines
whether the destination address is on the local network. If it is,
the packet can be sent directly to the remote device. If it is not,
the local computer looks for the network address of the
destination and the corresponding gateway address. The packet
is then sent to the gateway leading to the remote network.
There is often only one gateway on a network.
A single gateway is usually defined as a default gateway, if that
gateway connects the local network to a backbone network or to
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