Difference Between Wireless Modem and Router

Wireless Modem vs Router

Summary: Difference Between Wireless Modem and Router is that some mobile users have a wireless modem that uses the cell phone network to connect to the Internet wirelessly from a notebook computer, a smart phone, or other mobile device. While a router is a communications device that connects multiple computers or other routers together and transmits data to its correct destination on a network. A router can be used on any size of network.

Wireless Modem

Some mobile users have a wireless modem that uses the cell phone network to connect to the Internet wirelessly from a notebook computer, a smart phone, or other mobile device. Wireless modems, which have an external or built-in antenna, are available as USB flash drive, ExpressCard modules, PC Cards, and flash cards. Some smart phones also can function as a wireless modem when connected with a special cable to a personal computer.

Router

A router is a communications device that connects multiple computers or other routers together and transmits data to its correct destination on a network. A router can be used on any size of network. On the largest scale, routers along the Internet backbone forward data packets to their destination using the fastest available path. For smaller business and home networks, a router allows multiple computers to share a single high-speed Internet connection such as a cable modem or DSL modem. These routers connect from 2 to 250 computers.

To prevent unauthorized users from accessing files and computers, many routers are protected by a built-in firewall, called a hardware firewall. Some also have built-in antivirus protection. Today’s routers or combination wireless access point/routers are easy to configure and secure against unauthorized access.

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