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What is the main purpose of using a Router?

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Question ajoutée par Walid Dahbour , demonitrator , King Saud University
Date de publication: 2015/09/08

router is an inter networking device which is used to connect two different or logical network like two lan and or wan.

Router is one of the Internetworking Device which is used for connecting two or more LANs or WANs. Basically two Separate LAN or WANs.  

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par Utilisateur supprimé

basically, it connects different networks together; router is a layer3 device and its forward IP information through different networks. 

 

Khaled Moustafa Kahila
par Khaled Moustafa Kahila , IT Engineer , Alpha Data

Router in the man in-charge to route your traffic in or out your Network, another word your Gateway. 

he Keeps eye on the IP packets flowing. I know there is a lot beyond that but that is the main purpose

Zulfiqar Ali
par Zulfiqar Ali , IT Administrator cum Web Engineer , Orlando Sports LLC

Router enables communication between different subnets or networks and it connects our local network to the internet.  

Anooja Rajeev
par Anooja Rajeev , IT Associate , Aster DM Healthcare

A router is used for communication between different networks. It is a layer3 device and uses IP address for communication.Also routers does not allow broadcast address to pass through. 

Sanjeev Lokegaonkar
par Sanjeev Lokegaonkar , Lead Network System Engineer , BMC Software

Router is needed for routing of two different subnets.

For E.g PC1 has IP of.1.1.1/ and PC2 has IP of..1.1/ these2 PC cant talk to each other unless we have router or L3 switch.

Mustapha ID-BAHAL
par Mustapha ID-BAHAL , Network And System Administrator , Labbaik Group

the main purpose of using a router is to route between2 different network and to look for the best route to forward the frames by implementing routing protocol like EIGRP, RIP v2, OSPF....

also you can use it as DHCP server

Onismo Nyatondo
par Onismo Nyatondo , IT Support Person , Catchessict

For connecting multiple networks,forward packets to various destinations and provide network security

Jocelyn Diez
par Jocelyn Diez , Senior Product Support Specialist II , Concentrix Corporation

The main purpose of using a router is to connect multiple networks and forward packets intended for it's own network or other network. It is made available for the security of the networks.

Zohaib ansari
par Zohaib ansari , Officer IT , Habib Bank Limited - Bahrain

to assign a Path for the connectivity from one point to another. like it is called WAN connectivity..

 

one user is sitting in one city and2nd is another city  for the connectivity between two points we will use Router 

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