Wireless router?
Here is whats up, I believe the term wireless router is incorrect, infact I believe it is a switch, not a router. As far as my networking knowledge is, a switch connects computers, and then a switch connects to a router, so how can a router connect to a computer. Thanks if you know which it is.
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- It routes your computer to the Internet/network.
- You can connect computers to routers, thousands of people do this. A wireless router has inbuilt routing ability or it could not differentiate the packets across the network boundary. An access point is a pure switch with no routing ability.
- A switch sends frames within a single network. A router sends packets between networks. Routers are more intelligent than switches. In terms of wireless, yes, some say that a wireless router is roughly equivalent to a wired switch. The use of "router" indicates that the device itself can be used as a wired router without the wireless functionality.
- and the knee is connected to the thigh bone. yes wireless router is incorrect when it can use ethernet cables as well. A switch is a dumb router, ie not programable, and is not wireless cause its dumb. the programable router is more versatile, has the switch built in. can be used as wireless or cable.
- The term Wireless router is correct. A switch moves data from computer A to computer B by reading the header on the packet and switching the packet to the correct destination A router controls a network. It assigns each computer on the subnet an IP address using DHCP. It connects multiple computers on the subnet to a single higher network IP address using NAT. A router can also switch data between computers on the subnet, and act as a switch, but a switch cannot act as a router. A wireless router simply has an additional transmitter/ receiver section that allows it to work wirelessly rather than through cables A wireless switch is called a wireless Access Point
