On Thu 15 Sep 2016 at 21:02:04 (-0400), Alan McConnell wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Felix Miata" <mrma...@earthlink.net> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 2:20:54 PM > Subject: Re: internet connectivity from Comcast > > Alan McConnell composed on 2016-09-15 13:36 (UTC-0400): > > > It certainly isn't DSL. I have an Ethernet cable running from my machine > > to a Comcast provided "modem" -- except that it is called a router. Quite > > Called a "router" by whom, and where? Maybe help could better be forthcoming > if you announced its brand name and a model number. From the description so > far in this thread, yours seems to be one of those boxes that combine modem, > router, switch and firewall. Does it also provide wireless? > I don't think so: the little box on my desk is made by > Cisco. Model number: LinksysWUMC710
Now that is very revealing. It gives a whole new significance to the statement "I didn't attempt to copy down on a piece of paper what it wrote; trust me that it was unenlightening garbage." Anyway, moving on, here's a quotation from http://www.linksys.com/no/support-article?articleNum=135444 "The Linksys WUMC710 is a single band Wireless-AC Wi-Fi 5GHz Universal Media Connector Bridge with 4-Port Switch capable of connecting Ethernet devices to a wireless network." I think I'll quit here. Carrying on is too painful. Cheers, David.
