Router components-1

 

Path Determination

 

 

Internetwork Routers

Any internetwork must include the following:

–         Consistent end-to-end addressing

–         Addresses that represent network topologies

–         Best path selection

–         Dynamic or static routing

–         Switching

 

Router Internal Components

 

•       ON: An interface LED indicates the activity of the corresponding interface.

•       OFF:  If an LED is off when the interface is active and the interface is correctly connected, a problem may be indicated.

•       ALWAYS ON: If an interface is extremely busy, its LED will always be on.

•       The green OK LED to the right of the AUX port will be on after the system initializes correctly

Internal Components of a 2600 Router