On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 03:43:21PM +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > I know I wont teach that to anyone here, but modems are not > computing stuff, at all. They are simply here to transform numeric > signals to analogical ones, and vice versa. I wonder why someone > would explicitly call the boxes "router-modem"...
Ummm, Under the router which is plugged into the phone line: "ADSL2+ WiFi Modem Router" (without the hyphen!) Under my other router "Wireless router" and yes, it has no modem capability (as the name implies!) So IOW, if you are purchasing a router which you also wish to use as a modem then it better be written on the box!, cause the store owners won't take too kindly in ripping off the shrink wrap to examine the contents. > Nobody does, ... Huh? See above for reasons to distinguish them > For routers, it is quite obvious that it > will need to be able to communicate with networks it is connected > to, so really no use for the modem word here. Unless you need one with a modem! -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- 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/20131015173230.GA6144@tal