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====== HashSwitch Element Documentation ======

===== NAME =====

**HashSwitch** -- Click element;
classifies packets by hash of contents

===== SYNOPSIS =====

HashSwitch(OFFSET, LENGTH)

**Ports**: 1 input, 1 or more outputs\\ 
**Processing**: push\\ 
**Package**: standard (core)\\ 

===== DESCRIPTION =====

Can have any number of outputs.
Chooses the output on which to emit each packet based on
a hash of the LENGTH bytes starting at OFFSET.
Could be used for stochastic fair queuing.


===== EXAMPLES =====

This element expects IP packets and chooses the output
based on a hash of the IP destination address:
    HashSwitch(16, 4)


===== SEE ALSO =====

[[Switch]], [[RoundRobinSwitch]], [[StrideSwitch]], [[RandomSwitch]]


Generated by 'click-elem2man' from '../elements/standard/hashswitch.hh' on 20/Feb/2006.


===== COMMENTS =====