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core router
(redirected from Backbone router)

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A router that resides within the middle or backbone of the network rather than at its periphery. The routers that make up the backbone of the Internet are core routers. See edge router and WAN router.



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Comstar plans to install Cisco hub router and backbone router and also aggregation and network management equipment.
The CoreBuilder 3500 Layer 3 switch provides non-blocking, multi-protocol, wire-speed routing at 10 times the performance of a traditional backbone router for as low as one-tenth the cost.
Another multilayer switching approach is to replace the overloaded legacy backbone router with a wire-speed switching router that supports a multitude of protocols, ranging from IP, IPX, OSPF, and Appletalk, to BGP4 and VRRP.
 
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