How computers know which cable to use to send internet signal?

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I’m sort of aware of DNS, IP, ARP – all the high level internet stuff.

But if computers look for each other, how do they choose which cable should they send info through? How DNS server chooses “the road” to another computer? Or is it pushing signals everywhere it can and other computers ignore what’s not for them?

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Routers create routing tables, which contain the best route for the packet to travel. Best, in this case, meaning quickest / shortest path to the destination. These tables are updated on a regular basis to route around outrages.

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