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Sure, it is technically a trivial one along with other functions. But it doesn't feel sensible to call it a router because that's not its defining charcteristic
by fulafel 5y ago
Sure, it is technically a trivial one along with other functions. But it doesn't feel sensible to call it a router because that's not its defining charcteristic. And the business of nontrivial routing that goes on in the devices whose full-time job is to be routers is different, involving routing protocols and stuff.
- hedora 5y agoProtocols like TCP/IP? The term "CPE" seems to be more about device ownership than technical function.
- 0x0000000 5y agoNo, neither TCP nor IP are routing protocols.
- detaro 5y ago> The term "CPE" seems to be more about device ownership than technical function. Not ownership, location. CPE can be owned by the network provider or by the customer. But it indeed doesn't have a clearly defined technical function. CPE can be just a modem, a consumer all-in-one device, or a "proper" enterprise-y router from Cisco/Juniper/...
- fulafel 5y agoAmbiguous parsing! A "routing protocol" here meant something like OSPF and BGP - vs routing the IP protocol.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoI understand it's a little bit dumb that many people think of a router as a device that does Wi-Fi and maybe has a modem built-in, just because that's the only kind of router most people ever encounter. But for all that it's annoying and technically not quite precise, that is the colloquial use of the term.