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Forwarding Tables

The JUNOS software installs all active routes from the routing table into the forwarding table. The active routes are used to forward packets to their destinations.

The JUNOS kernel maintains a master copy of the forwarding table. It copies the forwarding table to the Packet Forwarding Engine, which is the part of the router responsible for forwarding packets.

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