"Nancy Backus -> Ben Ritchey"  wrote in
news:6169$fido.dos_internet{at}JamNNTPd:

 NB> Routers put you on a private network

only for those SOHO/HOME units that support NAT (Network Address
Translation)... there are multitudes of (true) routers out there that don't
;)

this day in time, many routers trageted at the SOHO/HOME market are nothin
gmore than over golrified switches with additional capabilities like
(limited) firewall, NAT, open-free-for-all-DMZ and other
"nicities" that the
"big guys" have... most of it is all marketing sleight-of-hand majikal
stuffs :?

)\/(ark