The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone ...

If you've purchased cable internet service, find a cable port in your house to connect the modem to. If you've purchased DSL ...

Should you buy your own router or rent one from your internet service provider? Most ISPs charge between $10 and $15 monthly ...

Also called a "gateway," it combines the modem, which accesses the ISP, and a router, which forwards traffic to the modem and distributes responses to the requesting machines. If the cable modem ...

The Asus DSL-N55U is a router intended for use with ADSL and ADSL2+ services and includes an ADSL modem, rather than the Ethernet WAN port of the very similar RT-N66U router we have also reviewed. The ...