What Is a Wireless Gateway Router?
The growth of Internet usage exploded in the early 21st century. More than ever, people have high-speed Internet in their homes and increasingly more devices that rely on that Internet access. A wireless gateway router gives more than one wired access point for the Internet, and it can supply a wireless contact as well. Nearly all standard high-speed Internet modems, such as those for DSL or cable, have only one connection for the Internet. Many different network devices – such as computers, switches, or routers – can use that single connection, but only one at a time may be connected. The difficulty is that often more than one piece of equipment needs Internet access. A wireless gateway router can provide accessibility to the Internet for any number of devices. It creates a local area network (LAN) between wireless and wired devices, and provides an access point to a wide area network (WAN). Typically, a wireless gateway router will have more than one wired connection and provide wire
