Hi Guys,
I am getting concerned because I feel like a lot of sales representatives are persuading me to upgrade my infrastructure. I would just like to know the difference between a Layer 3 switch and a router.
Will appreciate your clarity and immediate response.
Thanks
Paul
layer 3 switch
you can configure the port of the layer 3 switch
Layer 3 switch routing is a device that do routing only. In switching router, the primary router is the one uses switching technology. This perform fast speed and support Layer 2 bridging functions.
The difference between the 2 is that switching router has capabilities in terminating multiple Layer-3 in different protocol type such as running on Dynamic, Terminating Serial Ports and non-IP protocols such as IPX and SNA.
This creates shortcut paths through the network in the middle, by passing it's traditional based software router. Compare to traditional router, It utilize general purpose of the computers using both control plane and data plane functions.
