If you've ever poked around your router settings, you might have come across something called "Bridge Mode." It sounds technical (and, well, it is), but the concept is actually pretty simple.

If you move regularly, or are savvy about changing your internet provider for the best deal, you'll quickly end up with a ...

Also called a "brouter," a network device that combines the functions of a bridge (connecter) and a router (forwarder). For protocols that the device supports, it forwards those packets to the ...