1.2.1 A closer look at network structure:
network edge:边缘网络
- hosts: clients and servers
- servers often in data centers
- part of the network with the users and computers
边缘网络包括汇聚层网络和接入层网络的一部分或全部, 是接入用户的最后一段网络。
access networks, physicalmedia: wired, wireless communication links
- part of network connecting edge to rest of network
network core:
- the “middle” of the network
- interconnected routers
- network of networks
edge router:边缘路由器
边缘路由器,又称“接入路由器”,是位于网络外围(边缘)的路由器。位于网络中心的路由器叫核心路由器。边缘路由器和核心路由器是相对概念,它们都属于路由器,但是有不同的大小和容量,某一层的核心路由器是另一层的边缘路由器。