What is Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)? Explained in Simple Terms
🧠 Introduction : What is Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)? CEF stands for Cisco Express Forwarding. It is a Cisco proprietary method used for forwarding packets in routers and Layer 3 switches. In traditional routing, whenever a packet arrives, the router performs a lookup process every time, which involves CPU processing. This makes the forwarding slower … Read more