xris
@popsite.net
| reply to aliasrlz
Re: Router not required?!
Um, how am I supposed to connect the dsl line to my computer without the router?! It's not like I can just plug my rj45 plug straight into the rj11 phone jack. Or are you thinking of a different kind of router? I'm talking about the piece of hardware that routes between the DSL and ethernet (sometimes incorrectly called a "modem"). |
|
aliasrlz
Premium
join:2000-09-01
the world | xris,
They give you an adsl modem....... The router was an extra piece of hardware I purchased for other features.
Dee |
|
xris
@popsite.net
| I'm not talking about ADSL hardware. a modem is specifically a digital->analog thing (dsl is by nature digital->digital). Anyway, the dsl "modem" is also called a "router" (it's definitely not a modem), or a "switch" or a "gateway" (I forget the proper terminology, though I think that a switch is the hardware used to connect two different kinds of network hardware together). Regardless, what I have is not ADSL, it's an SDSL router with integrated 4 port hub. Or it's the SDSL "gateway" that telocity gave me. and I NEED one of them to connect. I get the same function as your router from my linux box, but I still need a dsl router to connect my ethernet network to the dsl line. Well, I would if there was a DSL network to connect to. |
|
aliasrlz
Premium
join:2000-09-01
the world
| xris? wtf are you talking about??? My dsl modem IS NOT a router! Yes, some modems are router/modem combos all in one, but many are NOT.
I have an ADSL modem, which is really an ethernet bridge, and a router which handles 1) hardware firewall, 2) PPPoE needs and 3) hubbing multiple PCs. Now, the MODEM that Ameritech gives you, is just that, an ADSL modem, without the other (3) features I mentioned above. It can work BY ITSELF with PPPoE software, but I chose not to use it that way.
Lately , there has been some discussion on its other capabilities with a firmware upgrade, but that is still being bantered about.
Also, I WAS NOT asking you what you have, but telling you what you WOULD GET should you sign up for Ameritech. I had SDSL for 8 months, so I know about SDSL modems (ethernet bridges) as I had TWO of those also!
I think you are confused.....goodluck!
Dee
[text was edited by author 2001-04-30 10:49:27] |
|
