On Fri, 12 May 2006 09:03:19 -0400, Mark Shields wrote:
> DSL and cable modems are different. DSL uses PPPoE. A cable modem does
> not.
Not necessarily. In the UK, ADSL uses PPPoA but all of the ethernet
modems I've used, including plain modems with no routing capabilities,
use plain old ethernet to talk to the computer.
From my computer's point of view, connecting to my ADSL modem and cable
modem are identical.
It was a general statement. As I stated, my experience with DSL is limited. My experience came from using a DSL modem in the U.S. From a quick google search, PPPoA (PPP over ATM) is generally for internal DSL modems; however, thank you for the correction.
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- Mark Shields
