Evolution of Routers

Abstract

Development over the years has changed the life of humans. Communication and connectivity play a major role in today’s life. Technology has evolved over the time phase and brought the people closer to each other, overcoming the barriers of borders and timezones. Virtual connectivity has become a new type of connect between people which allow them to interact with each other anytime anywhere. Internet has made this possible. Devices like routers, switches that support this connectivity also play a major role. Routers are networking devices operating at layer 3 or a network layer of the OSI model. They are responsible for receiving, analyzing, and forwarding data packets among the connected computer networks. Cables and wires have evolved to support high-speed data transfer and more bandwidth. People are always uploading and downloading files, videos, media over the internet. As the transmission rate has drastically increased the end devices also had to evolve to handle the speed. Routers being the main end devices had a major change in architecture and working. New processors chips are also included into the routers for clearing the data traffic on the client side itself. Routers are now manufactured with different modes, which benefit the users. Routers can be used as repeaters, extenders by changing the configuration