Introduction This post will describe different load balancer designs, the pros and cons of the designs and how they affect the forwarding of packets. Load Sharing Vs Load Balancing The terms load sharing and load balancing often get intermixed. An
IP forwarding – notes
Fast switching First packet to a specific destination IP is process switched. With the first packet the router adds an entry in the fast switch cache, also called route cache. The cache contains the destination IP, data link header information