How Packets Travel Through a Network?
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
Packets travel through a network by being routed from one node to another. Nodes are devices such as routers, switches, and computers that are connected together to form the network. Each node has a unique IP address that is used to route the packet from its origin to its destination. The packet is broken down into smaller units of data called datagrams and sent out one at a time until it reaches the intended destination, where it is reassembled. Along the way, each node checks the IP address of the packet to determine which direction to forward it in.