BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Router
- a telecommunications device used to transfer calls to an alternative network that may offer cheaper rates
Wiktionary Definition for: Router
- Something or someone that routes or directs items from one location to another.
- Ex: ''The '''Router''' directed the movement of the company's trucks.''
- A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.
- Ex: ''He made an attractive edge on the table with a '''router'''.''
- cattag Communications Any device that directs packets of information using OSI layer 3, network layer, information.
- internet A device that connects LAN local area networks to form a larger internet by, at mimimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination.
- Ex: ''The '''router''' was configured to forward packets outside of a certain range of IP addresses to its internet uplink port.''
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Additional Resources
- Cisco Expands 1000 and 4000 Router Series for Increased Performance, Additional Access Alternatives; Low-End Introductions Include ISDN Router With Integrated NT1, High-Speed Synchronous Serial Router; Mid-Range Router Optimized for ATM Backbone Access an
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 11, 1995--Cisco Systems Inc. today announced three new routers: the Cisco 1004 and Cisco 1005, both part of the low-end Cisco 100 series of multiprotocol access products (see Cisco Expands Low-Cost Cisco 1000 Series to Include ISDN Router with Integrated NT1, High-Speed Synchronous Serial Router);...
- Research articles 1995-09-11
- Philips Digital Video Systems. (to show full-bandwidth HDTV router at NAB '98)(Brief Article)
- Philips Digital Video Systems is showing a full-bandwidth HDTV router, the GS-400 Venus Gigabit Router. The GS-400 is a 16x16 digital video router that handles band widths up to 1.5 Gb/s, allowing it to support both the 720 P and 1080 I HDTV formats. Philips Digital...
- Research articles 1998-04-06
- Tech Talk.(Pro-Bel launches compact router, Cygnus)(Tribune Broadcasting to use Masstech Inc.'s content processing device MassMedia Box)(Omneon Video Networks launches low cost server MediaPort)
- By Glen Dickson Pro-Bel Intros 3-Gig Router Glen Dickson UK-based Pro-Bel is broadening its router range with a compact router, Cygnus, which is 1080-line progressive (1080p), 3 gigabits-per-second Gbps native...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Improve Your Wi-Fi Router's Performance
- Do you have one of those rooms that the router's Wi-Fi signal just can't seem to reach? Of course you do; we all have one of those. (We also have a conference room that someone thought was a great idea to paint peach, but that's a different problem). Well fear...
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- Time Warner testing fix to hole in cable modem/wifi router
- This is the SMC8014WG-S cable modem/Wi-Fi router used by Time Warner cable customers that has a security hole.(Credit: SMC)Time Warner has rolled out a temporary patch and is testing a permanent fix for a security hole in a combination cable modem/Wi-Fi router that could allow anyone to access the private...
- News items 2009-10-22
- CES 2009: D-Link combines router, NAS device, and photo frame in one device. Also releases 450Mbps 802.11n router.
- D-Link jumps into the CES fray with two new routers that definitely stand out, one for its versatility and the other for its potential speed. The Xtreme N DIR-685 is a 802.11n router at its heart, but it also comes with an undisclosed capacity for network attached storage NAS and...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Chyron Axis router adds HD. (NAB Brief).(Chyron Corp., Axis HD router)(Brief Article)
- Chyron's Axis HD router was launched at NAB. The one-rack-unit, 16x16 router can handle HD, SD and DVB-ASI streams ... Chyron's Axis HD router was launched at NAB. The one-rack-unit, 16x16 router can handle HD, SD and DVB-ASI streams and includes a control system....
- Research articles 2002-04-10
- Growth resumed in EMEA router market in 4Q04, says IDC.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-11 March 2005-IDC: Growth resumed in EMEA router market in 4Q04, says IDCC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11032005 AMSTERDAM - IDC's EMEA Router Tracker shows that in the fourth quarter of 2004 the EMEA router market started to grow again after two...
- Research articles 2005-03-11
- TECH BRIEFS.(Utah Scientific to unveil new router)(Snell & Wilcox's Protus Ph.C)(Nvision to demonstrate high-definition encoder)
- By Glen Dickson Utah Scientific's New IP Router Longtime broadcast-router supplier Utah Scientific is heading to NAB with what it's billing as a breakthrough product: a 24-port IP Internet Protocol router that can be controlled like...
- Research articles 2007-04-02
- QUICK EAGLE ENHANCES 4230 WAN ACCESS ROUTER.(Quick Eagle Networks)
- Quick Eagle Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., a provider of intelligent WAN access solutions, has announced new enhancements to the 4230 WAN Access Router, a WAN access device that is a data service unit DSU, a router and a WAN probe. The 4230 Access Router now offers the...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- QUICK EAGLE ENHANCES 4230 WAN ACCESS ROUTER.(Quick Eagle Networks)
- Quick Eagle Networks, Inc., a provider of intelligent WAN access solutions, has enhanced the 4230 WAN Access Router, a WAN access device that is a data service unit DSU, a router and a WAN probe. The 4230 Access Router now offers the RADIUS authentication protocol and an...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- Versatile router - Supercomm 2002 - Quick Eagle Networks 5840 Multilink Router - Brief Article - Product Announcement
- The 5840 Multilink Router is a four-in-one WAN access device that is a CSU/DSU, a router, a multilink device and a network probe. The product uses the IETF-approved RFC1990 Multilink PPP protocol to bond multiple T-1/E-1 lines into a higher-speed virtual connection. Supporting up to 12 Mbps (eight T-1s or...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- Infonetics reports strong growth of service provider router and switch revenues.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)
- Between 2005 and 2006, worldwide service provider router and switch revenue grew 33 percent, from $7.2 billion to $9.6 billion, fueled by surging Carrier Ethernet switch and IP router sales, according to Infonetics Research's "Service Provider Between 2005 and 2006, worldwide service provider router...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Router Market Posts Strongest Quarterly Growth since 2000, According to Dell'Oro Group; New Product Cycles Driving Demand
- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- According to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, the Router market recorded the highest quarter-over-quarter growth rate in more than four years. Worldwide sales of routers grew 8% in the second calendar quarter...
- Research articles 2005-08-18
- Tiny mirrors direct signals.(Lucent Technologies Inc.'s all-optical router)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
- Imagine a router capable of directing 10 times the traffic of today's Internet in one second. That's the promise of Lucent Technologies Inc.'s all-optical router based on the WaveStar LambdaRouter invented at Bell Labs. The approach uses a series of Imagine a router capable of...
- Research articles 2000-01-10
- Infonetics reports strong growth of service provider router and switch revenues.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)
- Between 2005 and 2006, worldwide service provider router and switch revenue grew 33 percent, from $7.2 billion to $9.6 billion, fueled by surging Carrier Ethernet switch and IP router sales, according to Infonetics Research's "Service Provider Between 2005 and 2006, worldwide service provider router...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Palm router.(NEW PRODUCTS)
- Bosch Power Tools and Accessories has introduced its new 1.0-hp Colt Palm Router line. The new tool will launch this summer as the single-speed PR10E model or as the variable-speed router kit PR20EVSK. This will be followed by an installer's kit with Bosch Power Tools and...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Cray Communications Sets Data Communications Trend With $1,495, RISC-Based MatchBox Router; MatchBox Router Targets Cisco 2500, Bay Networks Access Node, 3Com 221, ACC Danube, Livingston Firewall; Features Simplest Installation and Configuration
- ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 26, 1995--Cray Communications today introduced its new MatchBox Router, which has functions and performance comparable to routers such as the Cisco 2500 family, 3Com 221, Bay Networks Access Node, Livingston Firewall, and ACC Danube. But at a list price of $1,495, the MatchBox Router is...
- Research articles 1995-06-26
- HUAWEI BECOMES MAIN PROVIDER ON HIGH-END ROUTER
- AsiaInfo Services 12-09-2002 Huawei Becomes Main Provider on High-end Router CHINA, Dec 09, 2002 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Up to October 2002, Huawei's Quidwayr NetEngine high-speed router and Quidway S series high performance exchanger for Et AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2002-12-09
- Cast Iron Systems Launches Next-Generation Application Router 3000 and Application Router 3000 High-Availability
- Cast Iron Systems, the most widely deployed provider of integration appliances, today announced two next-generation solutions: the Application Router 3000 and the Application Router 3000 High-Availability pair. The Application Router 3000 series is the only highly-available solution capable of delivering complete integration projects in days and for 20% of the...
- Research articles 2005-06-29
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