router on a stick

noun

Synonym of one-armed router.

Meanings

nounrouter on a stick (plural routers on sticks)

plural routers on sticks

  1. computingSynonym of one-armed router.

    Synonyms: one-armed router

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of one-armed router.

Origin

So called because it uses the same physical link to send and receive traffic to and from different VLANs.

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