WAN Routers, Gateways and Bridges

Expanding the reach of your business? Let PC Mall provide you with the best WAN routers, gateways and bridges fit for your business needs.

Wide Area Routers or WAN routers provide connection to different computers, not just within a locality, but on a wider-scope—inter-state or even trans-national. Usually private, these devices provide a secure connection for organizations or enterprises with an extensive network of several local area networks connected together. WAN routers connect the LAN with the WAN connection.

Gateways are networking devices that serve as entrance nodes to another network. These devices route the bandwidth or network traffic coming from individual computers or workstations towards the internet or to another network. In most businesses, gateways also serve as firewalls and proxy servers, protecting vital information of organizations from malicious attacks coming from the internet or within the company’s network.

Bridges connect two different LANs or network systems. These devices work like switches, which analyze the data packets passing through. Bridges are also similar to network hubs or repeaters—not only do they rebroadcast the data packets, but also analyze them. The difference between bridges and routers though is that the former uses the assigned MAC addresses while the latter uses the IP addresses that were assigned to the data packets.

With growing demand on mobility and connectivity, let PC Mall help you expand more with a great selection of these devices at sure-value prices. Top quality brands such as Cisco, Adtran, Future Memory Solutions, HP, Sole Source Technology, D-Link, Zyxel and more are available in PC Mall’s inventory.