What’s the Difference Between a Router, a Wireless Router, and a Wireless Access Point?

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❌ Terminology around routers and access points can be quite confusing. I'll describe the difference, how they relate, and why the differences matter.
❌ Router vs. access point vs. wireless router
* A router is an intelligent device that routes data to and from the devices connected to it and often serves as a firewall and central connecting point to the internet.
* A wireless access point provides wireless access to an existing network, nothing more.
* A wireless router combines the functions of a router and a wireless access point into a single device.
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0:00 Difference between Router Wireless and Access Point
0:48 What is a Router?
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 21

@askleonotenboom 2 роки тому

Related but different terms often used incorrectly.

@maxparry428 2 роки тому

Thanks for yet another good video Leo. Another common terminology confusion is that a normal retail domestic router is strictly a router modem and differs from a simple router.

@youssefalaaeldin6707 5 місяців тому

Thanks it's useful to understand small details like this

@aleavilestv 2 роки тому

Great video! Thanks for sharing important imformation

@theunknown7381 Рік тому

What a clear explaination!

@jons2447 2 роки тому

Thank you, Mr. Notenboom!

@navy5211 Рік тому

What about a modem? Does it come separately or is it built-in in the router AND/OR wireless router these days? (I'm assuming it is)?? Thank you

@askleonotenboom Рік тому

Good point. I should add that next update. Modem converts whatever signal your ISP gives you (cable, DSL, whatever) into ethernet. Sometimes it's a separate single-purpose box, sometimes it's built into the router.

@Whit3hat 14 днів тому

Wow thank you

@user-co8si3jy8y 10 місяців тому

Leo, I'm looking to hook up my computer. What is the best company to go with. I'm eliterate when it comes to this stuff any more and I need to learn. I'm still teachable but have not been on a computer in 10 yrs. Someone told me to bye a roku and that did nothing. You need a router. I'm disabled and income is very limited. But feel like I'm being left behind in this world. Please help lift my brain fog. Thank you, C.C.

@Mangomaniac Рік тому

would you be able to connect a wireless access point to a wireless router via Ethernet cable or would it have to be connected to a normal router for it to work?

@askleonotenboom Рік тому

IT depends on the specific devices involved. All I can say is maybe.

@maazshaikh5283 2 місяці тому

what if we try to use two wireless routers on the same network? What will be implications of that?

@askleonotenboom 2 місяці тому

Two ROUTERS will potentially cause confusion. A router plus a wireless access point is what most people want.

@kalijasin Рік тому

Wired router and standalone wireless access point is significantly cheaper than a wirelessrouter.

@Moochy999 2 роки тому

So, I have two ASUS routers in a mesh network config and they are running fine...

@askleonotenboom 2 роки тому

Mesh is a whole 'nother ball of wax. :-)

@yassinabdusalam4487 2 роки тому

What's different between wifi router and wireless router

@askleonotenboom 2 роки тому

None. Wireless usually means Wi-Fi, and vice versa.

@weaponizedconfusion 2 роки тому

I think he's using router and modem synonymously. You connect a stand alone wireless access point to a modem

@askleonotenboom 2 роки тому

Nope. Once again, a modem and a router are two different things. SOMETIMES they're in a single box, but that doesn't mean every modem is a router (or vice versa).