Methods and apparatus for accelerating osi layer 3 routers

摘要: Methods and apparatus for accelerating a router in communications network are described. In one embodiment, accelerator includes forwarding table associatively storing destination address next hop address. If of packet matches the table, then logic forwards to hop. A may be coupled at least port through accelerator. another approach, host router. The has routing second-level address, first-level redirect entry table. This causes request corresponding An responds host's with bound approach employing tables, requesting from response Redirect stores