On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 01:46:48PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > >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!) > > Umm... the "wireless" part is a modem. What do you think is talking > over-the-air?
For some reason I've been assuming DSL modem regarding this discussion. But, mea culpa, if there is any reference to DSL, then of course the modem is built in. I presume vici versa applies(?) -- "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/20131016115302.GB30540@tal