I love routers! Do you really know all that your router can do? A modern router has multiple "cool" functions that many people don't realize? Consider the following:
1) router "pure and simple" is a device that passes data (such as web pages and email) between the home computer and the cable or DSL modem which connects to the Internet (through your Internet Service Provider). A router makes things much more secure because all Internet data must first pass through the routers firewall instead of going directly into the machine. The Internet can't initiate communication with the computer-it's gotta go through the router first. A router is like having a lock on a door. Don't ever let the Internet into your machine without first passing through a router. A router can helpprevent "malicious" information from entering your beloved computer! Great stuff!
2) to router can also function as a Wireless Access Point. Modern routers have a built in network adapter, antenna and radio transmitter. The router can relay data between wireless computers and printers and any wired devices on the network. The Kindle is a device and the wireless router allows it to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi. Take your laptop anywhere in the house and connect to the Internet without wires. How awesome is that?
Also a lot of home entertainment now has built in networking. It's hard to buy a new flat screen television nowadays that doesn't have wireless capability built in. If your television can connect to your network and access the Internet, you can watch movies(think Netflix) directly streamed online through your network through your wireless, to your television. Now that is cool!
That's not all. Do you know that you can actually get a wireless security camera that will connect to your router/Internet? This will allow you to check up on your home on any computer wherever you may be when you are away. Amazing!
Why You Need A Computer Router
