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(57) ABSTRACT A network apparatus comprising Storage units storing con figuration information about the network apparatus, an input network interface to at least one network physical line, at least one processor receiving network data from Said net work interface, processing Said data, Storing information about Said network data in Said Storage units, Storing Said data as formatted data units in Said Storage units, a first bus interface to two bus connections, a first hardware component reading Said configuration information and Said information about data Stored in Said Storing units and Steering Said formatted data units Stored in Said Storage units to at least one of the two bus connections of Said first bus interface, a Second bus interface to two buS connections, an output network interface to at least one network physical line, a Second hardware component reading formatted data units arriving on at least one …