In computer networking, a wireless access point, also called just access point, is a networking device that allows other Wi-Fi devices to connect to a wired network or wireless network. As a standalon
Cisco Aironet wireless access point
Linksys "WAP54G" 802.11g wireless router
Embedded RouterBoard 112, widely used by wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) across the world, with U.FL-RSMA pigtail and R52 mini PCI Wi-Fi card
A router is a computer and networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks, including internetworks such as the global Internet.
Wireless access point
…Wi-Fi devices to connect to a wired network or wireless network. As a standalone device, the AP may have a wired or wireless connection to a switch or router, but in a wireless router it can also be an integral component of the networking device itself. A WAP and AP is differentiated from a hotspot, which…
Rack containing a service-provider–class router connected to multiple networks
A home–class router with wireless capabilities; many home routers like this example combine router, wireless access point, switch and modem into one single unit (see also residential gateway)
The first ARPANET router, the Interface Message Processor, was delivered to UCLA August 30, 1969, and went online October 29, 1969.
A home or small office DSL router showing the telephone socket (left, white) to connect it to the internet using ADSL, and Ethernet jacks (right, yellow) to connect it to home computers and printers