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Router/modem help (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm attempting to get away from paying the rental fee on my router without breaking the bank. What are your suggestions on a decent router/modem combo for a DSL setup. I tried to get help at best buy, drove an hour to the store and explained the situation and got a blank stare from the associate who then pointed out a Netgear product that "works for everyone and is on sale". I get home and realize the combo unit I was sold does not support DSL.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

so does your ISP router have a built in modem? Because most consumer routers are just Ethernet, and you would need a separate modem to convert from DSL to Ethernet for the router to be able to handle it. I personally have no experience with DSL so I can't offer any advice on what to get.

it's important to know the differences between a modem, a router, and a switch as many device have multiple in one

A modem convers an analog signal like a telephone line in dsl's case to a digital medium like Ethernet

a router acts as a manager for a subnetwork (your lan) to bridge and firewall to the rest of the internet

A switch allows multiple devices to communicate with each other