Talk:Routers

What about these Routers?

TP-Link TL-WDR3600

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-cheap-router/

TP-Link Archer C7 (v2)

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-router/

What is a router?

The original author(s) of the introduction seemed a bit confused about this topic. In general, a router is a network device operating at layer 3 of the OSI model which enables packets sent from one network to reach a different network. It acts as the connection point for two or more different networks. Nowadays, network just means 'IPv4 subnet' but it used to be a lot of other things as well, such as in IPX networks or DECnet networks.

In that sense, a 'home router' definitly is a router since it connects your home LAN to your ISP's network.