Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes but is not limited to a host processor operably coupled with a broadcast-capable switch; a first broadcast-packet-processing device operably coupled with the broadcast-capable switch; a second broadcast-packet-processing device operably coupled with the broadcast-capable switch; and at least one of the first broadcast-packet-processing device and the second broadcast-packet-processing device operably coupled with the host processor.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes but is not limited to a low-processor-load aggregation device interposed between a network and at least one network station, the low-processor-load aggregation device having: (a) at least one multi-channel device, the multi-channel device having at least one internal network tag associated with the at least one network station, and (b) a host-processor-controlled routing device operably coupled with the network, the host-processor-controlled routing device configured to coordinate at least one network address with the at least one internal network tag associated with the at least one network station. In another embodiment, a method includes but is not limited to coordinating an external network-station packet with an internal private-network address of a low-processor-load aggregation device.