Specifications

Getting Started with HP ProCurve Switching and Routing
Module 3 – 68 Rev. 9.41
Path determination: Next hop, or gateway
The Layer 3 switch or router must also know the route, or path, to the destination
network.
Actually, it is more accurate to say that the switch or router must know the next hop in
the route—the next device that will forward the frame onto its final destination. The
next hop is also called the gateway.
In the example network, the 8212zl switch is the next hop for both 5406zl switches
when they route traffic to the 10.1.30.0/24 network.
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