 - A one-armed router is a router that routes traffic between
virtual local area networks (VLANs). A one-armed router operates on the 80/20 rule, which states that 80% of traffic in a network remains within a virtual local area network and doesn't need routing service. The other 20% of network traffic is between VLANs and goes through the one-armed router. Because the one-armed router takes care of the
more intensive traffic between VLANs, it frees the primary data path in a
network for inter-VLAN traffic.
In order for a one-armed router to be beneficial, the VLAN
must be configured to the 80/20 rule. One disadvantage of using the one-armed
router structure is that it represents a single point of failure in a network.
Another disadvantage is it can develop into a bottleneck if there are large
amounts of traffic between VLANs.
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17 Apr 2007
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