Best Answer: What Operating System Do Routers Use?
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Do routers have operating systems?

Routers. … Routers actually have a very sophisticated OS that allows you to configure their various connection ports. You can set up a router to route data packets from a number of different network protocol stacks, including TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and AppleTalk (protocols are discussed in Chapter 5).

What OS do routers use?

The most two famous router operating systems are Cisco IOS and Juniper JUNOS. Cisco IOS is a monolithic OS which means it runs as a single operation with all processes sharing the same memory space.

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