[Gllug] ADSL modem -- WTF?

[Jan Kokoska]

Hi,

my ISP offered a leased all-in-one box, it looked a little suspicious,
but ADSL + 4 Eth ports router + WiFi + firewall functionality, all
manageable through web hooked me up. Not to much surprise, it turned out
to be running embedded Linux (with thttpd for webserver).

And they call it U.S. Robotics USR9106 54Mbps Wireless ADSL Router. 

-J



On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 13:35, Tethys wrote:
> I went up to TCR the other lunchtime to try and get a simple ADSL
> bridge/router for my parents' imminent ADSL line. When I went and
> asked, the salesdroids all asked if I already had a modem[1]. WTF?
> Given that there is no modulation/demodulation going on, it's got
> to be a marketing ploy, as that's a term people are used to. But
> what is it? You can buy a standalone ADSL modem, an ADSL router,
> or a single box with the two combined. If the "modem" is the bit
> that handles the PPPoA, then what's the router (i.e., what makes
> it specifically an ADSL router as opposed to any other IP router)?
> 
> All I want is a box with two leads -- one into my phone socket and
> off to my ISP, and one into my firewall (and on to the rest of my
> network). It needs to be able to route my IP range frmo the outside
> world and on into my network. It looks like the D-Link DSL-502T
> should do that. Does that sound reasonable?
> 
> Incidentally, has anyone else noticed how hard it is to buy a
> non-wireless ADSL router these days?
> 
> Tet
> 
> [1] In their limited world, a modem is for single computers, and a
>     router is for multiple computers. But you can get routers without
>     an integrated hub/switch, so I wonder how they expect that to work.

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