This is typically used to detect network failures (cable, switch, router, and so on) where the processes stay running but the communication between them fails.

这通常用于检测网络故障(电缆、交换机、路由器，等等)，其中进程仍然运行但它们之间的通信失败。

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A router is often included as part of a network switch.

路由器通常作为网络交换的一部分。

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A server can now easily switch between being a computer, a storage device or a router (a box that directs network traffic).

一个服务器可以实现电脑、储存设备和路由器等功能之间的转换(一个设备就能够引导控制网络流量)。

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The Internet Router triumphed over the ATM switch as the primary model of how the world communicates to this day.

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Now he develops such profit-seeking wares as the Lambda Router, the world's first big all-optical switch, due later this year.

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Dubbed BRCK, the solution is a rugged wireless router that connects to the internet via Ethernet, WiFi, 3G and 4G, and can switch its source on the fly if a connection dies.

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