Websights: pesky home networks trouble cable behemoths

  • Authors:
  • Steven M. Cherry

  • Affiliations:
  • Senior Associate Editor

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Spectrum - The future of the microprocessor business
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

Are wireless router users stealing broadband Internet access? The author discusses the application of the NAT (network address translation ) protocol into wireless routers which allows several computers to share a single Internet address. Wireless networks using NAT connect with a cable or DSL modem and then the whole wireless network has Internet access