There are three types of routers:
1. Router Applications
2. Router Hardware
3. PC Router
Router application is an application that we can install the operating system pad, so the operating system will have capabilities such as routers, application examples are WinRoute, WinGate, SpyGate, WinProxy and others.
Router Hardware is a hardware router that has the ability like router, so that the hardware can transmit or share IP addresses and to sharing the IP Address, in practice Router hardware is used to share Internet connection on a space or territory, an example of this is the access router point, the region can get Ip Address and an internet connection is called Hot Spot Area.
Router PC is the Operating System has the facility to divide and share IP Address, so if a network device (PC) connected to a computer will be able to enjoy an IP Address or Internet connection that is spread by the Operating System, the operating system instance can be used is all client server-based operating systems, such as Windows NT, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, MikroTik (Linux based), and others.