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Routers:
Operate on a Network layers (layer 3 on a OSI Model).
- Connects LANS together
- Can be software or hardware device
- Windows RAS acts as a router, once it is configured
Switches:
While a switch operates on a data-link layer (layer 2 on a OSI Model).
While a switch operates on a data-link layer (layer 2 on a OSI Model).
- acts a hub but faster
- faster than routers
- used as a switching hub
- reads data link layer in each address and forwards them to the appropriate ports.
