(geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface. Classified under: Nouns denoting natural processes. Hypernyms (saltation is a kind of...): action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)) Domain category: geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
No , A router is not required for connecting two computers on the same Local Area Network . We can configure an Ad-Hoc Network by going to the Wireless Settings on one of the computers and simply connect the other one to the created Ad-Hoc network.
If a computer was connected to a router's external WAN port rather than one of its LAN ports, the router would forward traffic to that computer thinking that the traffic was leaving the network. With no way for the computer to forward data on, the traffic would never reach its destination.