Re: differ btw router and a switch

Resource distribution would be the major one.

A router would typically have resources allocated predominantly to routing
tables, etc while a switch would have its allocated mainly to vlan DBs, MAC
DB's, etc.

Ofcourse, as you have mentioned, a few protocols would only run on either
and not the other.

Sadiq

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:19 AM, OLUSEGUN DADA <engrenny_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

> hello experts.. apart for nat,firewall on a router and also advanced
> services
> like supporting voip, vpn. what are the other differences between a router
> like 2800 and 3800 series to a multilayer switch.
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