A switch
A Cisco 7500 router is a chassis containing RSP blades and interface blades. The interface blades contain the actual working router ports, the RSP blades run the router IOS. At least one RSP is present per router, and each RSP has (like most Cisco routers) one console port and one auxiliary port. The other RSP, when present, acts only like a failover device.
It is most likely used so your laptop can receive internet from a nearby internet router.
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A device on a network are gateway, router, bridge, switch, hub, repeater, multilayer switch, protocol converter, bridge router, digital media receiver, proxy, firewall, and network address translator. A computer on a network is called a networking computer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_networking_device
A router is a device that forwards data packets along networks. A router is connected to at least two networks, commonly two LANs or WANs or a LAN and its ISP's network. Routers are located at gateways, the places where two or more networks connect, and are the critical device that keeps data flowing between networks and keeps the networks connected to the Internet.
A network device or box that provides a central location to connect cables is usually a router. The function of a router is to provided the shortest route for any two nodes on a network to interconnect and communicate.
That depends on brand of your router. If your router has such button it would be somewhere of the top in visible place. If you can't locate it quickly most likely the router does not have one.
Absolutely. Most wireless routers have physical ports in the back that you can plug into just like a wired router.
Router works in Network Layer of OSI model
When you sign up for internet, you need a modem to get internet but a modem only gives the internet to one device. A router is the device your connect to the modem to share your internet with multiple devices (computer, smartphone, etc.) through a cable or wireless.
A "wii router" is any router you can buy from most computer stores or online.
Short Answer: No. Long Answer: No. Most wireless networking devices use the 802.11g (although more and more n) protocol. So, any device supporting this will be able to connect to your router.