Talk:Wireless router

This article does not say when wireless routers started. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.223.125.200 (talk) 13:38, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

More than a wired one

There are mutliple differences between a router and a wireless router. Configuration of the two devices is much different, and there are specific configuration and troubleshooting steps for wireless routers that differ significantly from other routers.

Furthermore, wireless routers provide bridging capabilities that other types of routers do not. The differences are not trivial. This article is therefore significant and unique. Perspectoff (talk) 17:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)perspectoff

Very well; this seems a useful article even in its current somewhat rough state. As it happens, I don't know a lot about the topic, particularly the ways in which a wireless router differs from a Wireless access point and from a WAP and wired router combined. Perhaps you would like to expand the article in this direction. Jim.henderson (talk) 00:03, 25 May 2008 (UTC) nigan

wireless n wireless g

which routers work —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.117.196 (talk) 22:34, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Relationship to Wi-Fi?

Could someone please add a brief mention of the term "Wi-Fi" with an explanation of how that term relates to "Wireless router"? This mention should link to the separate wireless router article. To me, Wi-Fi and WLAN refer to a "network", while "wireless router" is a piece hardware used to create a "wireless network". However, I don't know well enough to be sure.

The two terms are often used interchangeable. If they are are synonyms, then the two articles should be merged. I think there are subtle differences in the meanings of the two terms, and the articles should reflect that. I did not find a clear explanation of the difference between the two terms in skimming the two articles and some apparent interchangeable use of the terms. Could someone fix that?

Example: I have two wireless routers with different passwords in a LAN. Do I have one Wi-Fi or two? Should I program the two with the same password, and would that convert my LAN from two Wi-Fis to one? Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 15:28, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Open-source router firmware

So obviously based on my edits this is my interest. Some things I've declined to mention (yet):

• Netgear is another company which has come out in support, with myopenrouter.com - but I'm not sure what their response is to the 2016 FCC ruling
• Atheros chips seem to be better under OpenWrt, but haven't seen a reliable source on that exactly; the other major source of chips is Broadcom

• Qualcomm_Atheros#Free_and_open-source_software_support compared to Broadcom#Broadcom_and_Linux

• There are a couple major wikis, e.g., http://techinfodepot.info/wiki/TechInfoDepot:Main_Page and https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Main_Page

II | (t - c) 02:17, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Features / Last feature / Last sentence: Typo

The sentence "So, can be inserted a mobile broadband USB adapter into the router to share the mobile broadband Internet connection through the wireless network." might be intended to be read as "So, a mobile broadband USB adapter can be inserted into the router to share the mobile broadband Internet connection through the wireless network.". The change is a single cut-and-Paste.

I have implemented this suggestion. I made some improvements. Further improvements to this passage are possible and welcome. ~Kvng (talk) 15:04, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Amend first sentences of article

> A wireless router or Wi-Fi router is a device that performs the functions of a router and also includes the functions of a wireless access point. It is used to provide access to the Internet or a private computer network.

Proposals: "...that performs the functions of a router and also includes the functions of a wireless access point and a switch" (Don't forget it is a 3-in-1 device. The "yellow" ports are the same network, not "routed" between themselves; they are a switch. By the way, the switch is more ports than you see, since one port is occupied by the wireless access point, which is connected to it)

"It is used to provide access to the Internet or a private computer network." Why OR? ~2026-17152-01 (talk) 13:18, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Adding switch seems reasonable. It is supported in the first paragraph of the Features section. There is no citation supporting the statement there but that's arguably a separate issue. ~Kvng (talk) 14:40, 23 March 2026 (UTC)