On 12/6/06, Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What about Linux boxes configured as routers because one does > not wish to pay anymore for a black-box modem/router apart from > just ADSL modem ? One still has to configure DHCP. > i would suggest that an adsl router versus adsl modem do not differ significantly. infact the dlink 'adsl modem' that i have seen in recent optus adsl setups is a 2 port adsl router, 2 ethernet ports with out internally hardwired to a usb ethernet adapter finding an adsl modem is nearly as hard as finding an ip router without wireless =\
There's a big difference between a modem and a router, which I'm not going to bother defining here (check your CCNA reference material, or wikipedia, for details). There is, admittedly, a lot of confusion in slang/common/gardern/non-techinical usage of the two terms though, and as you've said, it's not helped by the fact that almost all *DSL devices perform both functions. I saw a DSL modem in Tricky Dicky's on the weekend and started gushing loudly about how cute it was, which for some reason got me weird looks from staff.. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
