A method of communication by a first device is provided. The method includes selecting, by the first device, one path of a plurality of paths to a destination device by each device including the first device within a network, the one path being selected based on information of available links, generating link setting information needed to transmit a packet to the destination device through a second device based on information of a second device included in the selected path, generating a first packet by inserting path information into the packet based on the link setting information, and transmitting the first packet to the destination device through the second device.