On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Heinlein <[email protected]> writes: > > Paul> On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Denis Heidtmann wrote: >>> On this subject, the intended equipment (Ubiquity AirRouter) >>> defaults to "SOHO router" mode. I cannot say I really understand >>> the difference between "router" and "SOHO router", [...] > > Paul> My guess is that "SOHO router" implies NAT, while "router" does > Paul> not. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_office/home_office > > My perception is "SOHO router" is meant to designate a pathetic little > router you might use for a few people, distinct from big iron routers > meant for more enterprisey environments. > > My "SOHO router" is doing IPv6, so NAT not necessarily involved ;-) > > > -- > Russell Senior, President
>From Ubiquiti forum: http://forum.ubnt.com/showthread.php?t=20645: "This is an over simplification: Router - the Ethernet port(s) are LAN and the Wireless is WAN SOHO - The Wireless (and second Ethernet) is LAN and the main Ethernet is WAN So......SOHO needs an internet connection through the LAN1 and basically makes it a wireless one port router." In this statement I take WAN = WWW, and LAN is my home. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
