Why do they call it "Router on a stick"?

drew2000

Why do they call it "router on a stick"?

I get the concept but I don't understand where the "stick" comes in.

Thanks for enlightening me, a search didn't reveal much...Drew

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Slowhand

It's called a "router on a stick" because when you look at a network diagram of a router with a single cable plugged into it, it kind of looks like a lollipop. Other foods that come on a stick are usually called something like "corn on a stick", "apple on a stick", "soup on a stick" (I kid you not), so it's natural that the lollipop-looking router would be called a router on a stick.

drew2000

Ohhhhhhh I get it now. Thanks for enlightening me.

Drew

networker050184

It is because back in the day they would put the routers on a high stick when they were performing "router on a stick" functions to help with air flow. All those sub interfaces created a lot of heat!

astorrs

networker050184 wrote: »

It is because back in the day they would put the routers on a high stick when they were performing "router on a stick" functions to help with air flow. All those sub interfaces created a lot of heat!

LOL