What does wireless Routers do is there a such thing as wire routers?

Question

WHAT WOULD BE BEST GET A WIRELESS ROUTER FOR XBOX 360 LIVE OR AN WIRED ROUTER FOR XBOX 360 LIVE

Answer 1

Hmmmm....lets see what is the difference between wireless and wired.I think the wired one requires a wire to connect the computer!

Answer 2

Yes. Wireless routers are more convenient but slower than normal Ethernet routers which require an Ethernet cord available at any electronics store. The wire is much faster but less convenient.

All the router does is take the information from the internet or from your local network and send it to multiple computers/printers. This is the case with both wireless and wired routers.

If you have a laptop, a wireless router is what you want, but with desktop computers you will want a wired router.

Answer 3

Yes to the 2nd half.

Routers inspect every packet that is inbound or outbound, and decide whether or not to pass it to the destination address.

Generally there is one input port and multiple output ports. In that case, the router also manages information internally to know which output port packets that come on the single input port should go to.

Typical wireless routers available for as little as 40 USD also have 4 or so wired ports.

The only difference between the wired and wireless ports are how the packets are conveyed to the next place in the network - via a cable or via a wireless protocol.

Answer 4

A router lets you connect one or more computers together so that they can talk to each other and also each have access to the internet. Each computer has to be connected to the router by a cable.

A wireless router does all this too, but also adds a wireless capability so that suitable computers can connect to the others, and to the internet, without a cable. A suitable computer is one that has a wifi facility built in. Most laptops do. You can also buy wifi cards for desktop machines - they're only about $20.

Answer 5

A wireless router is something you connect your current DSL/Cable modem to with a Ethernet cable. The wireless router then transmits Internet(wirelessly) a certain distance to all appliances that have Wi-Fi. You can buy USB-adapters if your computer doesn't come with Wi-Fi that allow your computer to recieve the signal. Also, most wireless routers come with an extra 4-5 Ethernet ports to get Internet without it being wireless. There are 4 types of wireless routers now but only 2 are really used anymore. 802.11a/b/g/n. 802.11g and 802.11n are the ones that are most widely used. 802.11n is the newest and only came out recently

Answer 6

Allows other PC's to access the internet connection that is coming in to the router from a primary PC.
Most routers have ports in the back that you could connect other PC's with Ethernet cable, but kind of defeats the purpose.

Answer 7

They transfer ethernet communications via IP addresses, among other things. Wireless and wired as essentially the same in how they route. Incoming transmissions are checked against their IP address attached to the packet. The router checks this IP and forwards it to the correct port (computer, etc).

Answer 8

Yes there are but they're just called routers. it allows you to share connections, like the internet or printers etc between users. But the main use in the home is to provide a wireless connectin to the net, which can be used by multiple pc's and laptops.
Beaware that this sort of system requires extra security to ensure un-authorised usage it not allowed. i.e neighbours and criminals.

Answer 9

Wireless router provides wireless networking on a wired internet connection...all routers are wired...that's how you connect them to the modem your ISP gave you...

Answer 10

yea, go to Cisco.com and have a look. They come in all shapes, sizes and cost range.