[vox] Router v. Access Point

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Most access points are just that.  They have a wireless card or two, and 
they have a ethernet port.  APs usually will not NAT, firewall, port 
forward, etc. that a router will.  A lot of vendors sell an "access 
point" that is really a router but I think that both terms have been 
used in marketing to sell the same thing.

Most consumer access points have a lot of router functions built in.

Mark

Robert G. Scofield wrote:

>I want to set up a "network" only to share a DSL connection.  I want a 
>wireless setup.  What is the difference between a wireless router, and a 
>wireless access point?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Bob
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