Under EAJA, a prevailing party is entitled to an award of fees and other expenses incurred in a civil action brought by or against the United States, unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.
Modem - Box from your ISP that connects to the internet. It actually connects to the phone line or the coaxial cable or whatever physical line you have. It normally has at least an ethernet connection, sometimes a USB as well. Router - Box that connects to the modem and allows multiple devices to use that internet connection at the same time. It also lets the devices talk to each other (so you can transfer files in your house or whatever).
The BEST way to tell if your modem is actually configured as a router is to log into your SECOND router, the one you've added to your setup, and look at the Status page. The router's Status page should display the WAN IP address, sometimes called Internet address that the router is using.he FIRST thing to do is to find out if your modem is really a combination modem/ROUTER. If your modem has more than one LAN socket, or if it's wireless, it's most likely a ROUTER. If you know how to log in to the modem and see anything that says Port Forwarding or Virtual Server, it's a ROUTER.