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'''Routers''' (in current terminology) are the [[packet switch]]es that form the lowest layer of [[internetwork]] networking infrastructure (along with the [[physical network]]s that connect them).

Originally they were called '''gateways''', but this name was eventually superseded, because it was used for a variety of kinds of devices, potentially causing confusion.

Routers operate at the [[internetworking layer]], the [[protocol]] which offers direct [[datagram]] carriage across the entire network, providing an un-reliable service which makes no guarantees that [[packet]]s will not be damaged, delayed, duplicated or re-ordered.

In the [[TCP/IP]] [[protocol suite]] (the protocol family of the [[Internet]]), that protocol is the [[Internet Protocol]].

Routers usually implement a variety of other protocols as well, for [[operation and maintenance]] purposes, such as the somewhat confusing named [[routing protocol]]s, which are used for [[path selection]].

[[Category: Networking]]

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−	'''Routers''' (in current terminology) are the [[packet switch]]es that form the lowest layer of an [[internetwork]] ~~networking~~ infrastructure (along with the [[physical network]]s that connect them).	+	'''Routers''' (in current terminology) are the [[packet switch]]es that form the lowest layer of an [[internetwork]]ing [[data network]] infrastructure (along with the [[physical network]]s that connect them).

	Originally they were called '''gateways''', but this name was eventually superseded, because it was used for a variety of kinds of devices, potentially causing confusion.		Originally they were called '''gateways''', but this name was eventually superseded, because it was used for a variety of kinds of devices, potentially causing confusion.

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 Routers operate at the [[internetworking layer]], the [[protocol]] which offers direct [[datagram]] carriage across the entire network. In the [[TCP/IP]] [[protocol suite]] (the protocol family of the [[Internet]]), that protocol is the [[Internet Protocol]].
-Routers usually implement a variety of other protocols as well, for [[operation and maintenance]] purposes, such as the somewhat confusing named [[routing protocol]]s, which are used for [[path selection]].
+Routers usually implement a variety of other protocols as well, for [[operation and maintenance]] purposes, such as the somewhat confusingly named [[routing protocol]]s, which are used for [[path selection]].
 [[Category: Networking]]

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-'''Routers''' (in current terminology) are the [[packet switch]]es that form the lowest layer of [[internetwork]] networking infrastructure (along with the [[physical network]]s that connect them).
+'''Routers''' (in current terminology) are the [[packet switch]]es that form the lowest layer of an [[internetwork]] networking infrastructure (along with the [[physical network]]s that connect them).
 Originally they were called '''gateways''', but this name was eventually superseded, because it was used for a variety of kinds of devices, potentially causing confusion.
-Routers operate at the [[internetworking layer]], the [[protocol]] which offers direct [[datagram]] carriage across the entire network, providing an un-reliable service which makes no guarantees that [[packet]]s will not be damaged, delayed, duplicated or re-ordered.
+Routers operate at the [[internetworking layer]], the [[protocol]] which offers direct [[datagram]] carriage across the entire network. In the [[TCP/IP]] [[protocol suite]] (the protocol family of the [[Internet]]), that protocol is the [[Internet Protocol]].
 Routers usually implement a variety of other protocols as well, for [[operation and maintenance]] purposes, such as the somewhat confusing named [[routing protocol]]s, which are used for [[path selection]].
 [[Category: Networking]]