Is router present in the network or, is it present between networks?

[ps8812959]

I am looking for the correct phrase. Can I say "router A is present in network A? or is it "router A is present between network A and network B?"Is a router ever present in a particular network?

Thank you.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

if the choice is between these two options, I would say "router A is present between network A and network B" is the correct wording, as the purpose of a router is to connect networks...

[Richard Burts]

I have been told that I can be very picky - and admit that this is true sometimes, but I think we need to be very careful about terminology in this question. Are we using networks as a general term that actually includes both networks and subnets? Or are we being more precise about terms and networks are not the same as subnets? 

For example let us think about a company that has a network 192.168.10.0. And that network is subnetted into 4 subnets. They have router A which connects those subnets and routes between 192.168.10.0, 192.168.10.64, 192.168.10.128, and 192.168.10.192. I can look at that and say that yes router A is present in network 192.168.10.0. And I can look at that and say that yes router A is present between network 192.168.10.0. Which one is correct?

I wish that we knew more about the context of this question. Perhaps that would help us to give a better answer to the question.

[Vishnu Vardhan S]

You can understand like this, a router is always used when its part of multiple networks, so Router is between Network A and B. 

We wont be using router when you dont want to cross a network. Meaning there is no need a traffic signal when we dont have a connecting junction.