The first multiprotocol routers were independently created by staff researchers at MIT and Stanford in 1981; the Stanford router was done by William Yeager, and the MIT one by Noel Chiappa; both were also based on PDP-11s.
Primele rutere multiprotocol au fost create în mod independent de cercetători de la MIT și Stanford în 1981; ruterul de la Stanford a fost creat de William Yeager, iar cel de la MIT de Noel Chiappa, ambele fiind bazate pe PDP-11.