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Routing

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Routing

Routing

Routing is the main process used by Internet hosts to deliver packets. Internet uses a hop-by-hop routing model, which means that each host or router that handles a packet examines the Destination Address in the IP header, computes the next hop that will bring the packet one step closer to its destination, and delivers the packe