Abstract: In processors (1) comprising components (11, 21) that comprise application parts (12, 22) and Internet Protocol processing parts (13, 23) for processing Internet Protocol information, the components (11, 21) are provided with Ethernet parts (14, 24) for processing Ethernet information and the processor (1) is provided with a bridge component (2) for bridging the Ethernet information for a communication between the components (11, 21), to reduce port collision chances between the components (11, 21). The components (11, 21) are software components and the processing of the Ethernet information comprises additions of Ethernet based headers to Internet Protocol packets of the Internet Protocol information originating from the Internet Protocol processing parts (13, 23) and/or comprises removals of Ethernet based headers from the Ethernet information destined for the Internet Protocol processing part (13, 23).