From DALL-E with some prompting
The image delineates the foundational aspects of network switching and routing based on their origins. Switching, historically in LANs, involved the broadcasting of packets, which modern switches now intelligently direct or block based on MAC addresses and VLAN information. Routing originally functioned to determine packet pathways over networks using IP address information. While these were once discrete tasks performed by separate devices, contemporary network technology often integrates both functions within the same hardware, allowing switches to perform some routing tasks and vice versa, reflecting the evolution and convergence of networking equipment.
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