BeesTea
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Re: New InsightBB SAS Registration Address
said by bsc  :also, most DSL modems aren't routers.. (they aren't even modems technically.. since they aren't taking analog signal and making it into digital.. they take a digital signal and bridge it to your ethernet card). most DSL 'modems' are simply bridges. Technically a modem has nothing to do with analog or digital necessarily. It means modulator-demodulator. It converts one signal type to another. They might both be analog (like in a voice relay system), they might both be digital (like in DSL), or it may be both (like a dial-up data connection.
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bsc
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join:2003-03-11
Lexington, KY
1 edit | said by BeesTea :Technically a modem has nothing to do with analog or digital necessarily. It means modulator- demodulator. It converts one signal type to another. They might both be analog (like in a voice relay system), they might both be digital (like in DSL), or it may be both (like a dial-up data connection. I was refering to the case of dial-up modem where analog singnal on the line is convered into digital at either end for the computer/network.. but yes you are right ... technically ;p Either way, most DSL 'modems' are just dumb bridges
said by SammySmith :Doesn't the cable modem itself have a MAC? I would think the if the cable modem has a MAC, and configured for the purchased IP, then it should not matter what is connected to the ethernet port. Yes, I/we were talking about the MAC on the cable modem, not the PC or router. |
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SammySmith
join:2002-03-19
Decatur, IL | Unless Insight changed recently, they require MACs on both modem and ethernet devices. It is what is connected to the modem, I don't understand why they need the MAC |
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