On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:12:32 -0400 Jerry Stuckle <jstuc...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Maybe where you are, but not in the world scheme of things. > > A router is a specific box. A (A)DSL modem may also contain a > firewall, etc. But most (A)DSL modems, cable modems, etc., only have > one Ethernet port. So people install routers in addition to the one > which may or may not be in the (A)DSL modem. > > Modems and routers are two entirely different things, with completely > different uses. One box may contain both - but that does not mean > all modems are routers (or vice versa). > Hear, hear, Jerry! This is how I have always heard them referred to when I worked as a network admin. A router is a router, and a "cable modem" may or may not (usually not!) have any routing capability. It is really a bridge connecting two networks, as I mentioned previously. It doesn't do any modulating or demodulating. It simply allows the packets to go from one network to the other. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131014202849.055c875c@zareason-limbo5880
