Difference between a router and a modem

[mrochester]

Hi all

I have a friend who unfortunately lives in Hull, so can only get Karoo broadband. Their website clearly states that you will receive an 'inclusive router' on signing up to their services. However, this 'router' they send has only a single LAN socket, and isn't wifi either, meaning you can only ever connect one device. To me, this is a modem, not a router. What are your thoughts?

Thanks

Michael.

 

[mrochester]

Thanks, I've just never seen a router with 1 lan socket before!

 

[mrochester]

That's mostly because you've only seen consumer level hardware before. I can reel off a rather large list of corporate level hardware that only has one ethernet port.

This is a consumer router! It's a Thomson Speedtouch ST510 as supplied by an ISP.