hi friends i am jitendera kumar sinha.i have a question in
mind that what is the diffrence between router and l3 switch
i serched on google and found that switch L3 is best in lan
and router are best in wan and switch are more faster then
router.beside that any short of technical diffrence if you
body know then plz plz and plz reply.
my 2nd question is that why we canot replace router with L3
switches (donot tell that it is costly then router).i want
any technical cause.
this is 1 am hope in noon when ever i logg again i will find
the answer posted by you.

thanks onse again
plz pzl make reply
thanks
jitendera kumar sinha
jitenerasinha.it@gmail.com

Answer Posted / sudeep

Layer 3 switch do routing with Aisc chips router do with
microprocessor and its associated software
Router can be used to join different networks.L3 switch
cann't join different network.
Router needed especially where connections to the wide area
are required.
Router support many routing protocols.L3 bswitch support
very few routing protocol.

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