What is meant by generalized forwarding (as opposed to destination-based forwarding) in a router or switch?

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Any of several actions (including drop (block), forward to a given interface, or duplicate-and-forward) can be made based on the contents of one or more packet header fields.

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The decision about which output port to forward a packet to can be made based on the link-type of the outgoing port (e.g., Ethernet versus WiFi).

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None of the other answers is a correct definition of generalized forwarding.

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In addition to performing forwarding, the device can generalize its services, also performing hop-by-hop reliable data transfer and per-hop congestion control.

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