Exam 220-1001 topic 1 question 2 discussion

page 274-275 of the official comptia prayer guide and song book says a router is the appliance used to connect soho networks to the internet. Lesson 6 topic b

n a SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) environment, the most common device used to connect one or more devices to the Internet is a router. Here's why the other options are not ideal or only partial solutions: A. Hub – Merely connects multiple network devices but doesn’t provide Internet access or manage IP traffic. B. Ethernet gateway – This is not a standard term; it might refer to a router or modem-router combo, but it’s not the most precise or commonly used term. C. Wireless access point – Provides Wi-Fi connectivity but doesn't handle routing or connect to the Internet directly on its own. ✅ D. Router – This device connects the local network (wired and/or wireless) to the Internet, performs NAT, assigns IP addresses, and manages traffic.

D. Router In a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environment, a router would most likely be used to connect one or more devices to the Internet. Routers play a crucial role in connecting a local network to the Internet, providing network address translation (NAT), firewall capabilities, and the ability to share a single Internet connection among multiple devices. Options A (Hub) and C (Wireless access point) are not typically used for Internet connectivity in a SOHO setting. A hub is a basic networking device that does not provide the necessary features for Internet connection sharing, and a wireless access point provides Wi-Fi connectivity but does not handle Internet connectivity on its own. Option B (Ethernet gateway) is a less common term and is not as widely used as "router" in the context of connecting devices to the Internet.

THE Right asnwer is D

A router is a device that connects one or more networks, such as a home or small office network, to the internet. It allows multiple devices to share a single internet connection and provides network address translation (NAT) to enable communication between the devices on the local network and the internet

The router acts as a hub that sets up a local area network and manages all of the devices and communication in it. An access point, on the other hand, is a sub-device within the local area network that provides another location for devices to connect from and enables more devices to be on the network.

Three things need to be true for this question to be correct: 1.) "connect one or more devices": Router & WAP 2.) connect "to the internet": Router 3.) "in a SOHO" : Router & WAP The router checks all three, WAP only check to statements correct. The creators of these test/quizzes need to stop trying to make thing more complicated, they are confusing themselves.

Router is a gateway to the WAN ( internet ) where the Small Office Home Office network is connected. Hub is a legacy device substituted by the switch. All the SOHO devices are connected to the switch that is connected to the router. Then router is a gateway to the Internet. The wireless access point can connect some devices wirelessly inside the SOHO network. If you will use cmd and type ipconfig /all - default gateway IPv4 address will be your router receiving and transmitting data between your SOHO and the Internet based on IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.

' A soho wireless router' in student guide chapter 5 page 4

A router will be ideal for limited devices but the questions says one or more devices which might be more than the available ports on the router

I am going for D also as it says to connect to the internet. Access point without router cannot connect to internet.

What is a wireless access point used for? A WAP is a device that allows different types of wireless network cards connect without cables, hence wireless, to connect to LANs and access resources, including the Internet. A WAP plugs into a hub or switch and is the device that joins the unwired network to the wired network.

I will go with Router on this

The link that is posted beneath the correct answer doesn't help at all with why the answer is an access point. I watched the whole video.

Connection to internet is the word here. Router is the answer. Its C

I would hope it’s router.

Router is my pick here as well.