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# [How Internet Reaches Your Home: Modem, Router, Switch, Firewall & Load Balancer Explained](https://dive-into-networking.hashnode.dev/how-internet-reaches-your-home-modem-router-switch-firewall-and-load-balancer-explained?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Core knowledge of “HARDWARE” is also important! Whenever you open YouTube, Google, or any website, internet just works.But behind that “works”, many devices are doing their own small jobs. Let’s understand them one by one, very simply, like how thing...

Jan 31 · 3 min read · dive-into-networking.hashnode.dev  
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