A real router has no radio. It has no SSID. It routes traffic. It applies a set of ACLs to determine if traffic should be forwarded. That’s it. No switching. No WiFi. Just routing. If routes traffic on the wire.
Yes. In the purest technical sense, a router routes.
A Cisco 2501 is a router.
But words can mean more than one thing. Both in the common vernacular and in the context of these Motorola-branded devices: A router is a thing that routes, and also includes radios, and SSIDs, and switching.
A Cisco 2501 is a router.
But words can mean more than one thing. Both in the common vernacular and in the context of these Motorola-branded devices: A router is a thing that routes, and also includes radios, and SSIDs, and switching.