On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, mikeyw wrote:
> I may be talking out my rear, but that doesn't seem feasible. Unlike a
> router, etc. the modem doesn't have any fixed ip address so what /where
> would you log into? There may be software that the manufacturer uses that
> may address the modem across the ether and it appears to me that would be
> the only way one could "log" into a DSL modem to take a look at settings,
> etc.
>
> Peace,
> Mike Wafkowski
>
It depends on the "modem". What they do is use one of the "private" IP's
to access the "modem". For exanple, to access a Telocity "modem", you can
point your web browser to 10.5.1.2 and get some nice pages.
DSL "modems" are not realy modems. They are a router or bridge. But
people are used to connecting to the Internet using modems, so the name
carried over. Look up the definition of a modem sometime - they convert
between digital and analog signals. A DSL connection is a Digital
connection.
Mikkel
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