A router or router is a device that enables the interconnection of computers within a network.
Router is a term that can be translated into Spanish as router or router , although it is also sometimes mentioned as router . It is a hardware product that allows computers that operate within the framework of a network to be interconnected.
The router is responsible for establishing which route will be destined for each data packet within a computer network. It can be beneficial in the interconnection of computers , in connecting equipment to the Internet or for the internal development of those who provide Internet services.
Types of routers
In very general terms we can establish that there are three types of routers:
- Essential . It is the one whose function is to check whether the information packets being handled are destined for another computer on the network or abroad.
- Sophisticated . This type of router is the one most frequently used in the home as it perfectly covers the needs that the user may have at any time. Their main identifying features are that they have the capacity to handle a multitude of information and that they protect the home network very well from the outside.
- Powerful . This type of router is used in large companies and entities since it not only has the capacity to handle millions of data in a single second but also to optimize traffic.
There are several types of routers.
For home and business use
Routers used in private homes are known as SOHO ( Small Office, Home Office ). These devices allow several computers to have access to broadband through a private and secure virtual network. Technically, residential routers translate network addresses rather than perform routing (that is, they do not connect all local computers to the network directly, but instead make the different computers work as a single computer. equipment).
Within companies , there can be access routers (including SOHO), distribution routers (they add traffic from other routers or from the concentration of data flows) and core routers ( which manage various levels of routers).
Other types of routers
There are, on the other hand, wireless routers , which function as an interface between fixed networks and mobile networks (such as WiFi , WiMAX and others). Wireless routers share similarities with traditional routers, although they support wireless connection to the network in question.
And all this without forgetting the existence of the so-called ADSL routers , which are characterized by being those that allow both the ability to connect at the same time one or several local networks as well as one or several devices.
This makes it clear that this device has several missions and fulfills more than one function. Thus, for example, we can make it clear that it acts as an ADSL modem, as a gateway from a local network to what is outside and also as a router.
However, to these three aforementioned functions we should add a very important fourth and that is that this type of router is used as a wireless access point.