How the Router works?

Router is device which forward data packets from the device to the internet and bring the requested data packets from the internet to the device, accurately.

Router is the gateway of the internet.Router is used for the purpose of splitting the signal to share it, with more then one devices at the same time.

To understand the concept of the router ?
How it works?

Let’s take an example, suppose you have to post a letter to your friend living in Delhi. For that you have to mention postal address in the letter. And post in the post box. From the post box it goes to the nearest post office from their it goes to nearest post office of the mentioned postal address. Now post office send this letter to the destination.

Now, in this example consider letter as “data packets” and postal address as “IP address”, post office as “router”.

Imagine the same scenario what will happen:

When you request for some on internet data packet is send to the router with the IP address of the destination. Router search for the shortest path to reach the destination router from where it can send the data packet to the destination IP address.

Note: When the data packets are sent through one router to another it gets converted into Analog form when it reaches the destination router. The router converts it into digital signal again before it sent to the destination IP address. This conversion is done with the help of modem which come in built in the router now a days.

What is modem you will be thinking of the word?

We, will talk about this term in next blog.

Until then peace out.

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