Routing Overview - 3Com 4007 Implementation Manual

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Routing Overview

OUTING
You can manage IP routing in either of these ways:
From the
ip
4007 Command Reference Guide.) You can use the Administration
Console after you log in to the system and connect to a slot that
houses a Multilayer Switching Module.
From the IP folder of the Web Management software. (See the Switch
4007 Getting Started Guide.)
Routing distributes packets over potentially dissimilar networks. A router
is the device that accomplishes this task. Your module, as a Layer 3
device, can act as a router. Routers typically:
Connect enterprise networks.
Connect subnetworks (or client/server networks) to the main
enterprise network.
menu of the Administration Console. (See the Switch