[olug] Qwest and IP assignment

[Dan Anderson]

There is indeed modulation and demodulation taking place.

Besides, modem sounds better then brouterwall.  ;-)

Dan

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Eric Penne <epenne at olug.org> wrote:
> It is a modem but it also acts as a bridge/router/firewall.  Standard
> 802.3 ethernet is not transmitted on the phone or cable lines. It has
> to be transmitted in a different frequency band.
>
> Eric
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Adam Lassek <adam at doubleprime.net> wrote:
>> Call me a pedant, but those devices, as well as the Cable variety, are not
>> modems at all but bridge/routers.
>> This has always bugged me.
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:49 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> The Qwest DSL modems to act as a router.
>>>
>>> Tell your friend to go to whatismyip.com
>>>
>>> -- T. J.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Eric Penne <epenne at olug.org> wrote:
>>> > My old actiontec dsl modem from Qwest was a firewall/router and wireless
>>> AP.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> I set up and installed a friend's computer recently with Linux.
>>>  However, I'm struggling to SSH onto their computer from
>>> >> mine at my house.  Their set-up is basically one
>>> computer->modem->Internet.  There's no router.
>>> >>
>>> >> When I'm at his house 'ifconfig' reports a 10.* address, but if I go to
>>> a web site via his computer (one that tells me
>>> >> my IP address) it tells me a 204.* address.
>>> >>
>>> >> Do these Qwest modems act as a router?  Or am I missing the boat?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for reading,
>>> >> Eric P.
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