Router GIF
Summary: so routers don t have to know where every machine in the world is They only have to know how to get to a router for the appropriate network The drawing below shows a simple example At the top is a backbone that connects all the computers and routers in the universe There is a router connected to it with an IP address of 205 158 3 1 This router has a netmask of 255
Image Dimensions: 442 x 392
Image originally found here.
