What is the difference between a wireless router, a wireless gateway and an access point?
In general, access points, routers and gateways do the same thing: they function as base stations connecting various wireless laptops and desktop computers, ensuring that wireless data gets shared and transmitted among them as needed. There are a few important differences, as outlined below: A wireless gateway is an access point with NAT routing (which stands for Network Address Translation and enables your Wi-Fi gateway to share a single Internet connection among all the computers in your home or business) and DHCP server (which stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and enables your network to use TCP/IP to connect different devices). Most homes and small offices use wireless gateways because they need the NAT routing and DHCP server that enables them to share a single Internet connection among all the computers in the home or office. An access point is a wireless gateway without NAT routing and DHCP server. It essentially extends the functionality of an existing wired networ
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