On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 07:53:50 +1300 Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 09:19:18PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > > though most include routers and other > > > useless stuff. > > > > ..when it is normally customary to refer to them as routers. > > Pedants might call them modem-routers, but nobody else does. > > Um, you can get routers without a modem, so the difference is > important and not just pedantry! > Yes. I know that as well, having two myself. But I am unusual in that respect, as exceedingly few homes or small-to-medium size businesses have any need for even one. In the large majority of networks, 'router' is taken to mean the (A)DSL modem-router-DNS-server-DHCP-server-firewall-etc that plugs into the telephone line. -- Joe -- 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/20131014093725.5ce48...@jretrading.com