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Sumeshbnr
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routing confusion
Routing and switching, Routers, Cisco, D-Link, Linksys
I am confusing about routing

I know cisco routers are capable of routing different NWs if it is WAN or LAN .Also there are lot of other routers available in the market such as dlink 525 .netgear,astaro,pfsense,linksys sohorouters .What ai sthe differenet between the routing mechanism they use?

Also what about NAT role in these routers

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cisco dlink pfsense astaro etc differenses in ruting mechanism
ASKED: Nov 17 2009  8:25 AM GMT
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Some vendors, like Cisco, have proprietary routing protocols that don't "play well with others" and don't meet routing standards for interoperability. Other vendors use standard routing protocols. This Wikipedia article on routing protocols might help you better understand the various routing protocols and their differences/similarities. Don't misunderstand me, Cisco does use standard routing protocols, but like Microsoft, they "embrace and extend" the protocols to "make them work better".

There's a lot of information on other questions here about NAT or at Wikipedia that can help you also understand this technology. There is a lot to consider when implementing NAT. These resources will help you.

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Last Answered: Nov 17 2009  1:36 PM GMT by Labnuke99   27615 pts.
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KevinBeaver   8705 pts.  |   Nov 20 2009  2:17PM GMT

By and large, routing is routing - hence the protocols. If various routers all speak the same language then it doesn’t matter who made them.