Digital Age Data Switches & Routers

A network switch is networking hardware that connects devices on a computer network by using packet switching to receive and forward data to the destination device. A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks.Routers perform the traffic directing functions between networks and on the global Internet.Data sent through a network, such as a web page or email,is in the form of data packets. A packet is typically forwarded from one router to another router through the networks that constitute an internetwork until it reaches its destination node.