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To: slacker711 who wrote (22230)	4/4/2000 3:18:00 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

I beleive the difference between a switch and a router (optical) is that a switch can shuffle entire light paths from one fiber to another, but the logic for which fiber to use comes from another source. A router can read the data within the optical packet and change fibers based on the information within the packet. As such a switch can change fiber based on signals from a router, or if the packets are timed it can send some first down one fiber and then down another (so they can be analyzed by routers running slower than the fiber speed). TP

To: slacker711 who wrote (22230)	4/4/2000 3:37:00 PM
From: substancep	Respond to of 54805

Slacker, I don't know if this will help. I just started reading the article and it seems like it will be a very good read. I think it will be pertinent to your questions: lightreading.com P