On Jun 3, 2006, at 5:07 PM, Joe Crown wrote:
For upgrading the firmware on your router go to http://
www.qwest.com/internethelp/ & select your router from the list of
"modems" (I guess they call them modems because they figure the
customers think that you need a modem, from what I understand a
cable "modem" is not a modem but a bridge, as it bridges the cable
network into USB & or Ethernet). Since you didn't says which one
you have I can't help you beyond that.
Please correct me if I'm wrong on saying that a cable modem isn't a
modem, but you need to provide some sort of information to prove it
is true.
Hans is correct; a DSL modem is a modem. A cable modem is also a
modem. Here's why: Modem stands for MODulate-DEModulate, and
modulation is the process of changing the frequency, amplitude, and
phase of an analog signal in order to encode a digital signal. Both
DSL and Cable internet are digital information carried through an
analog medium, so a modem is required on both ends. I believe ISDN,
on the other hand, is transmitted digitally, as are most network
protocols that go over twisted pair or fiber.
--Levi
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