Even more confusing, some devices can act as both a router and a modem! A router acts as the central hub of your home network ...

Instead of wiring each of your devices to your modem, you wire a router to it. From there, that router broadcasts a Wi-Fi network. Any Wi-Fi device in range of that network can use whatever ...

The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone ...

While you can find routers and access points in the same spot in an electronics store, they're not the same thing. Each has a ...