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What is a Router?

A network device that receives network data traffic and delivers it to other PCs on the network or from the Internet to PCs on a Local Area Network (LAN). Typical home user routers are devices manufactured by LinkSys, NetGear, 2Wire, etc. These devices allow the home network administrator to connect more than 1 PC to the Broadband service thus giving all PCs connected to the router their own connection to the Internet independent of any other PC on the network and not shared as is the case with ICS or Internet Connection Sharing where one PC receives the Internet connection and shares it with other PCs on a Workgroup LAN.