ocr: Smineta edevice - - - * Routesrer Crectdare AM compeicatrOns path siiches SUbmets Suonet * à EUge davie 4 Ecde device The Straight Path. Cut-through switching techniques, such as Multiprotocol over: ATM (MPOA) and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS),enable the establishment of direct communication paths between: clients and servers: on different subnets. The traffic does not have to be processed directly through the router. Cut-through switching promotes enhanced network performance, and enables any layer-3 protocol to issue dos requests.