Probably.. Routers are separate boxes with their own CPU and some memory so they pass on 'packets' to your system on the basis of I've Slogged on the line to collect it, I've checked it, and here it is in a neat package of bytes
Modems are facilities to convert the phone line signals into the sort of digital signals that can be input to your system via a serial port - so, dear PC, here's the bits, for a byte, when you acknowledge you've got that set, I'll agree to give you another set when I think that's all you should need for now (a block), I'll tell you, and then you can check what you've stored If it passes the checks you can tell me - I'll tell the sender, and they can start sending another set If it fails the checks, I'll tell the sender, and we'll start with that lot again --- For internal modems that may be using memory bus for bytes, or even lots of CPU cycles to collect the individual bits So - depending on the 'capability' and connection of you modem, that may be many clock cycles per byte, as opposed to just over 1 memory write & read cycle per byte JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kylde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 9:03 PM Subject: router vs dsl modem > is it my imagination or does my sytem/connection perform much better > with a router than with my old modem? > -- > Regards > > Kylde > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
