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ALSO CALLED: Wireless LAN Routers, Intelligent Mobile Gateways, Wireless Gateways (Hardware), Wireless Local Area Network Routers
DEFINITION: A wireless router is a device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) that determines the next network point to which a packet should be forwarded toward its destination. A wireless router works in the same way as the router in a hard-wired home or business local area network (LAN), but allows greater mobility for notebook or portable computers. The individual computers are equipped with small wireless  … 
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Wireless Routers Reports
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Routers are Dead; Long Live the Router
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WEBCAST: Get a firsthand look at the next-gen routers that will enable you to create a truly borderless network, while giving you the convenient, powerful network management features you crave in today’s resource-challenged IT environment.
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 20 Nov 2009


Best Practices for Building a Reliable Wireless Network on an Unlicensed Spectrum
sponsored by Motorola, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: For many wireless broadband network operators, the term "unlicensed reliability" is seen as an oxymoron. For many, the idea of building a high-speed network in the unlicensed band doesn't sound like a good one. Read this whitepaper to get the other side of the story.
Posted: 21 Aug 2009 | Published: 21 Aug 2009


Case Study: Mid-Atlantic Communications Company Delivers Wireless Broadband in Rural America
sponsored by Motorola, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Telpage initially deployed wireless broadband equipment from a variety of manufacturers in the 900 MHz, 2.4 and 5.7 GHz frequencies to support point-to-point and point-to-multipoint applications. Unfortunately, that equipment could not reliably scale to support increased demand. Read on to learn how Telpage found reliable scalability.
Posted: 20 Aug 2009 | Published: 20 Aug 2009

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WIRELESS ROUTERS DEFINITION (continued): …  transceivers that can be plugged into either a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port or a PC card slot.For home and business computer users who have high-speed Internet connections, a wireless router can also act as a hardware firewall. This is true even if the home or business has only one computer. Many engineers believe that the use of a router provides superior protection against hacking because individual computer IP addresses are not directly exposed to the Internet. A wireless router also does not consume computer resources as a firewall program does.Wireless router technology has improved in … 
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