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Is there a particular reason why there are no built in wireless cable modem and routers? &nbsp;I am with NTL Broadband (now Virginmedia Broadband) and have a separate NTL modem connected to my cable line, which is then also connected to my Netgear router.<br />
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I am looking for an all in one router much like the Belkin ADSL modem and routers in one.<br />
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Any suggestions?
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Is there a particular reason why there are no built in wireless cable modem and routers?  I am with NTL Broadband (now Virginmedia Broadband) and have a separate NTL modem connected to my cable line, which is then also connected to my Netgear router.

I am looking for an all in one router much like the Belkin ADSL modem and routers in one.

Any suggestions?

All in one cable modem and wireless routers

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

Networking Hardware-Other

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

The term broadband commonly refers to high-speed Internet access that is always on and faster than the traditional dial-up access. Broadband includes several high-speed transmission technologies such as digital subscriber line (DSL), cable, fiber optics, wireless (for which there is a separate topic), satellite and broadband over powerlines (BPL).