At 5:43 PM -0800 2/14/2009, Jonas Lopez wrote: >DSL modem on POTS vs. Cable > >I did not have a Linksys 4 way splitter, but I did have two DSL >Modems-telcos, so I discovered you can just attach the phone cord to >ONLY ONE TELCO MODEM AT A TIME and it will work just fine. > >You must disconnect the phone cord in this room to use the other >modem in the other room - you can not have two phone MODEM >connections at the same time on the same line.
Correct. POTS hasn't got enough bandwidth to support more than one standard dial-up modem (V.90) at a time. If you're talking about an xDSL circuit over POTS -- same - the modem grabs all the bandwidth it has for the digital channel, minus just enough for a voice call. >Since cable does not know who you are - no phone number etc. Incorrect. Before your data can be routed beyond a few hops, your cable modem requires "permission to talk". It gains this when the CMTS (head end router) verifies the cable modem's MAC address against the list of modems authorized to your account (provisioned). So the cable company knows *exactly* who you be. >can you have two cable modems connected at the same time on the same >cable providing Cable DSL to two machines at the same time? Yes. You can hook up quite a few cable modems to your coax. Each has to be provisioned by the cable company and they will charge your full price for each. IOW, if cable internet service is $40, service for two modems would be $80, plus other fees. To share your service between computers, what they really want you to do is to use a single modem and a NAT Router. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
