The router can be a separate device, or, as we’ll see momentarily, can be in the same box as the modem. Routers control two important things. First, they “route” information from the internet to your LAN, and among the devices connected to it. Second, as a side effect of the ...
The most common approach is to use a wireless router to include wireless capabilities in your network from the start. The wireless router combines the functions of two devices: the router, just as we saw above, and a wireless access point, or WAP. (And yes, ISPs often provide a single b...