Creative Crop/Photodisc/Getty Images. Definition: Routers are small physical devices that join multiple networks together. Technically, a router is a Layer 3 gateway device, meaning that it connects two or more networks and that the router operates at the network layer of the OSI model.ome networks typically use a wireless or wired Internet Protocol (IP) router, IP being the most common OSI network layer protocol. An IP router such as a DSL or cable modem broadband router joins the home's local area network (LAN) to the wide-area network (WAN) of the Internet.
St. Louis, Missouri. Midwestern traditional basketball cities without NBA teams, Take Two. St. Louis is the third-largest metro area without an NBA team, after Seattle and San Diego. As Kansas City is the traditional seat of Big Eight basketball, so too is St. Louis with the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Warriors will be joined by the defending champion San Antonio Spurs as favorites in the west, as the Spur look to reach their 3rd straight NBA Finals. But to say that every team in the Western Conference playoffs is dangerous would be an understatement. The Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies all have championship caliber teams this season and all will be confident heading into the 2015 NBA Playoffs.