Before discussing CEF one needs to be familiar with how a router actually routes a packet, these are the steps summarized: 1. Packet is received, Frame Check Sequence (FCS) is checked, if passed it moves to step 2. 2. The eth type field is is checked to indicate what the inner packet is, if 0x0800 …
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