Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2017 March 31

= March 31 =

Gabriela sofia diaz perez
Las notas a conducta — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabriela sofia diaz perez (talk • contribs) 01:41, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Cellphone icon on an Android emulator
When someone uses an Android emulator (like BlueStacks) on a laptop or PC, is a cellphone icon still shown in cross-platform services (like Facebook and their chats)? Or the software is able to tell the difference? Brandmeistertalk  07:54, 31 March 2017 (UTC)


 * That likely depends on how smart the software is. An emulator is unlikely to have an IMEI number for the software to log, so a smart app might realise it is running on an emulator from the screen size, resolution, lack of SIM, hardware available, lack of IMEI number, etc. I can't say for sure and I doubt Facebook will reveal this information. Thanks ツ Jenova   20  (email) 15:24, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

How does a router work?
Im thinking it plugs into an eathernet cable to the wall, (hardline), and the right router puts out wi-fi? if this be so, what type of router do I needs, and can I simply plug into my wall and begin 'wi-fi?'  ≤noeinbaylor≥   §noeinbaylor@gmail§  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noeinbaylor (talk • contribs) 21:53, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Added a header. Rojomoke (talk) 06:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)


 * You can't just plug the router into the wall. You'll need an internet package - from Verizon, AT&T, Comtech or whatever telco company operates in your area. They can also provide you a router. And you'll need also some minimal configuration for it to work. --Hofhof (talk) 09:46, 1 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Our article is Router (computing), and there is also Wi-Fi. Unfortunately Wi-Fi router is not a useful redirect, bit we do have Wireless router about wireless routers. Internet access might also be a useful read. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 14:38, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I've retargeted Wi-Fi router and Wi-fi router; they previously pointed to a no-longer-extant section of Wi-Fi, but since the creator said basically "redirecting here until someone writes an article about these things", and since someone did write such an article in 2008 (two years after these redirects were created), I figured I'd send them there. Nyttend (talk) 01:22, 2 April 2017 (UTC)


 * No of these articles links to routing basics like network address translation -- Hans Haase (有问题吗) 12:45, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
 * That's incorrect. Router (computing) hasn't been edited since 25 March and links to the article 3 times, twice in security and once in 'Internet connectivity and internal use'. Wireless router doesn't link to or mention NAT, but it does link to router. Wi-Fi in the wireless router section links to NAT and hasn't been edited since 31 March. Internet access doesn't link to or mention NAT, although I'm not sure if it should. There are the only four articles linked to here before your post. Nil Einne (talk) 09:09, 3 April 2017 (UTC)