Data traffic router

A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for routing data from a source to a final destination according to a prescribed datapath, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

• manipulating a frame header wherein said frame header routes data from the source to a first router;
• modifying said frame header to route data from said first router to a second router;
• generating a first packet header;
• associating said first packet header with a second packet header;
• routing the data from said second router to a third router using said first packet header, wherein said first packet header contains an address associated with a destination along the prescribed data path;
• disassociating the first packet header from the second packet header used to route the data from the second router to a third router;
• and
• routing the data to a second destination along the prescribed data path using the second packet header.

A system for routing data from a source to a destination according to a prescribed datapath, the system comprising:

• a first router configured to receive the data from the source and route the data to a second router;
• wherein the data with the second router includes a first packet header and a second packet header and said first packet header is associated with said second packet header;
• wherein the data within the second router is routed to a third router using the first packet header, wherein the first packet header contains an address associated with hardware within the prescribed data path;
• and
• wherein the data within the second router is routed to the destination using the second packet header.