Some DSL systems use PPPoE, FWIW, and FiOS has an Ethernet interface
between the ONT and the NAT, alongside a MoCA interface, pick one.
Stanislav Shalunov wrote:
On Aug 9, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Joe Touch wrote:
In the typical home situation, I expect the wifi, router, and homegate
all in one box (they are for everyone I know).
Most home users with better-than-dialup are connected with cable or DSL.
The vast majority of them use wifi and NAT.
The cable/DSL modems provide neither wifi nor NAT services.
This makes for a typical situation with two boxes.
The only technology that would enable home connectivity with one box
would be something supported by the common home routers. Which only
support Ethernet on the uplink. Ethernet is not commonly used to
deliver home Internet service in the United States.
The node that you might be thinking of is the router/NAT/wifi box.
This box is not at a head end of a congested bottleneck.
--
Richard Bennett
Research Fellow
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Washington, DC
