I have a 4-port Linksys router serving a small network with 3 PC's all connected to the net through a cable modem. This set-up worked fine til the router was fried by lightning a few weeks ago. Now, ...

A router's wide area network (WAN) port acts as its gateway to other networks, providing an interface for the router to send outgoing traffic over. Computers should not be connected to a router's WAN ...

If you take a look at your wireless router , you may see the abbreviations LAN and WAN, which are often next to some of the ports on the device. LAN stands for local area network, and WAN stands for ...

When you open that router box for the first time, all the different cables and ports can feel intimidating. Even the instruction manual might read like a foreign language. Fortunately, you’re not the ...

I already have a 1G unmanaged switch and I am getting a new cable modem which is arriving next week. My new router has a 2.5gb port which will be connected to the 2.5 WAN/Internet port on the router.

A router that provides access to the Internet. It is typically connected to the LAN and forwards IP packets destined for the Internet to the WAN ports (modem, ISDN, T1, etc.). THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...

Those of us with separate modems and routers (some Internet connections have the two functions combined into a single device) are likely to focus on the router and ignore the modem. But, like a router ...