What is a router?

1. What is a packet?
2. What is a configuration table?
3. What are the two jobs of a router?
4. Under “Transmitting Packets” what different routes (e.g. copper wiring) may information take?
5. The largest routers used to handle data at the major traffic points on the Internet are most like _________ rather than office routers.
6. Routing Packets: What is a subnet mask?
7. What is a logical address?
8. What is a MAC Address?