XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   Pascal Hambourg wrote:   
   > Le 17/04/2017 à 14:02, Dan Purgert a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> An Access Point.  A router is a completely different box, with a   
   >> completely different purpose.   
   >>   
   >> Trouble is, nearly every SOHO "router" on the market is a router +   
   >> switch + AP   
   >   
   > + firewall + DHCP server + DNS server + file server + print server...   
      
   yeah, they do a lot in the soho market...   
      
   >   
   >> these days, so people tend to say "router" when they mean   
   >> something else ...   
   >   
   > E.g. in this thread everyone seems to consider that a router is   
   > implicitly a DHCP server. It's not. A router's job is only to maintain   
   > routes and forward IP packets accordingly. Nothing else. All the rest is   
   > only additional functions combined in the same box.   
      
   To be fair, the "firewall" feature is immensely useful, and I honestly   
   can't see any manufacturer (incl. the enterprise brands) not including   
   at least an ACL firewall on the router.   
      
   That being said, examples welcome, if you know of any.   
      
      
      
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