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internetworking Last modified: Friday, February 13, 2004
(n.) The art and science of connecting individual local-area networks (LANs) to create wide-area networks (WANs) , and connecting WANs to form even larger WANs. Internetworking can be extremely complex because it generally involves connecting networks that use different protocols. Internetworking is accomplished with routers, bridges, and gateways. Other forms: internetwork (v.)
EG3's Internetworking Internet Resources Links to internetworking resources and papers on the Web.	Related Categories Networks Routing Related Terms bridge CAN Cisco Systems HSSI local-area network MPOA router virtual router VRRP wide-area network