In this context, think of packet forwarding as doing the same job as a router. It just enables packets coming from one interface to go out another interface.<P>As mentioned above, masquerading ...

Over the past year, a flurry of network processors has entered the market to address the specific packet forwarding problems. But, despite the hype, some designers questionwhether or not network ...

Entridia Corp. today will unveil its second-generation OC-48 configurable packet forwarding ASIC, the Forte, for optical multiservice platforms. Applications for the specialty ASIC include backbone ...

NDN has a stateful forwarding plane for datagram delivery (per packet and per hop) in comparisons to the IP’s stateless forwarding plane. As a matter of fact, IP forwarding by itself has no ...

When discussing Ethernet data, the terms frame and packet are often used interchangeably. Frames and packets are the electronic containers that carry our data from point-to-point by navigating ...

Port forwarding is essential for directing internet traffic to specific devices on a local network. It acts as a traffic ...