| Wireless Routers | | | | routers, popular of them are D-Link, Netgear, |
| Like any other wireless system, a wireless router | | | | Actiontec etc. Out of these, the D-Link routers is |
| gives you freedom to free the valuable | | | | what we find is the popular product amongst the |
| workspace from the tangling wires. Technically | | | | home and commercial users. These wireless |
| speaking, a wireless router is a special network | | | | routers have an uncanny ability that delivers |
| router that connects different workstations | | | | superior performance capability to transfer large |
| wirelessly and routes network traffic between | | | | files and handle heavy network traffic. Wireless |
| workstations and an existing Internet connection. | | | | routers offer many important benefits in the |
| Some of the wireless routers are actually wired | | | | home and small office setting. For instance, you |
| routers with wireless access points built in so you | | | | can opt to a cable modem service that provides |
| can have wired and/or wireless at the same time. | | | | a single IP address through DHCP to the router, |
| Another choice is a wireless router with a built-in | | | | and the router then provides IP addresses via |
| DSL or cable modem. You can also consider a | | | | DHCP to clients on your local network. This helps |
| hardware & software security combo box to | | | | to a great deal whenever that client needs to |
| connect and protect your home network or | | | | access the Internet. Wireless routers are very |
| office network. The wireless router is capable of | | | | much ideal for wireless networks in commercial or |
| sharing Internet connections amongst several | | | | public areas, specially if there are multiple |
| computers via 802.3 Ethernet and 802.11b/g | | | | networks that are accessible. The wireless routers |
| wireless data links. | | | | if considered in an enterprise environment give |
| The wireless routers are quite popular among the | | | | network administrators an extra way to monitor |
| network users. More so, because it is as good as | | | | and update their networks. As the wireless |
| using the wired networks with absolutely no | | | | routers only send packets to specific, directed |
| compromise on the connectivity, speed, and | | | | addresses, they do not forward the broadcast |
| security. A wireless LAN router generally adds a | | | | packets that are sent out by other devices. A big |
| built-in access point function to a multi-port | | | | advantage of wireless routers is that they |
| Ethernet router. With this it combines multiple | | | | provide an added layer of security, both on the |
| Ethernet networks with wireless connections as | | | | wired side and wireless side. The wired side is |
| well. A typical wireless LAN router includes four | | | | usually protected by a firewall and has extensive |
| Ethernet ports, an 802.11 access point, and | | | | access control filters. |
| sometimes a parallel port so it can function as a | | | | That is why, not only the wireless routers are |
| print server. This gives wireless users the same | | | | more user friendly and space saving, they are |
| ability as wired users to send and receive packets | | | | also great on speed, and have an ability to handle |
| over multiple networks. | | | | multiple networks with ease and without sacrificing |
| There are many manufacturers of the wireless | | | | the security. |