Routers: Do you speak geek?

by Kara Gattine

Are you a real Know-IT-All? How many of these router-related terms can you guess without peeking?

1. This is network bridge and a router combined in a single product.
https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/brouter

2. Routing is a function associated with this layer in the standard model of network programming, the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.
https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/Network-layer

3. This device routes data packets between one or more LANs and an ATM backbone network.
https://searchsdn.techtarget.com/definition/edge-router

4. Using an appropriate algorithm, this tells a switching device what to do with the multicast packet.
https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/mrouter

5. This forwards packets to computer hosts within a network (but not between networks).
https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/core-router

6. This protocol allows host computers on the Internet to use multiple routers that act as a single virtual router, maintaining connectivity even if the first hop router fails.
https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/Hot-Standby-Router-Protocol

7. If you're this kind of Cisco expert, you'll specialize in routing and switching, communications and services, security, or voice systems and technologies.
https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/Cisco-Certified-Internetwork-Expert

8. Sometimes this layer 2 device is confused with a router.
https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/switch

9. Routers use this table to control access to or from the router for a number of services.
https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/access-control-list

10. This authentication protocol provides remote access authentication and related services, such as event logging.
https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/TACACS

How many could you guess correctly without peeking? Let us know!