| Broadband router is a computer based device which is | | | | computers which are kept at a distant. The added |
| mainly used for setting up a network. The network can | | | | advantage of these broadband routers is to find out |
| be either wired or a wireless network. These | | | | the virus attacks. The presence of a router becomes |
| broadband routers are used to ensure that all the | | | | essential in a network to find out hacking threats and |
| systems in a network can transmit data with each | | | | virus attacks. Broadband routers can be used as a |
| other across the broadband Internet. As the features | | | | filter. Most of the broadband modems are not featured |
| of broadband devices are similar, you can use them | | | | with in-built security features. Therefore if you use a |
| for both wired and wireless networks with its support. | | | | network without router, it may welcome on-line |
| The main need for these types of devices is while | | | | hackers. You can get routers with built-in firewall |
| transmitting data. These devices have the stuff to | | | | features. It will be useful for you to have a safe and |
| transmit data between the distinct networks as data | | | | secure wired or wire-free network. |
| packets. Information is mostly transmitted from one | | | | Types of Broadband Routers |
| system to other as packets of data. The basic | | | | Broadband routers can be two types. One is ADSL |
| requirement of this type of transmission is that two | | | | modem router and the other is a cable routers. ADSL |
| networks are needed to connect a router. A | | | | modem routers can only be used for ADSL |
| broadband router has to be used to connect those | | | | broadband connections where as cable routers can |
| networks to transmit data between each other. These | | | | also be used for cable broadband users. The mode of |
| routers are performed as a gateway for those | | | | performance is similar in these two types of routers. |
| networks. | | | | The main dissimilarity between these two broadband |
| After connecting the two networks with each other by | | | | routers is the mode of connection. ADSL Modem |
| using broadband routers, now the computer users can | | | | routers can easily be connected just by plug-in to |
| share the Internet access easily. The data will be | | | | share Internet connection. In case of cable routers, |
| directed along with the computer on local network | | | | cable sockets and ports have to be used for getting |
| through the Internet. Data can be exchanged even to | | | | the connection. |