The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone line, ...

(1) A router within the Internet that forwards IP packets from one network to another. Same as "IP router." See core router and edge router. (2) A router in a home or business network that is used to ...

A new study by a US consumer nonprofit has found that five out of six home routers are inadequately updated for security flaws, leaving the devices, and indirectly their users, vulnerable to hacking.