Packet forwarding: Difference between revisions

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relayed from link to link along a chain leading from the packet's

source to its destination. However, other forwarding strategies

are commonly used. ''[[Broadcasting'' (networks)|Broadcasting]] requires a packet to be

duplicated and copies sent on multiple links with the goal

of delivering a copy to every device on the network.

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on the network, or bridging, which makes no

assumptions about where addresses are located and

depends heavily on [[broadcasting (networks)|broadcasting]] to located unknown

addresses. The heavy overhead of broadcasting has

led to the dominance of [[routing]] in large networks,