«

i'm very inexperienced with netwroks, as can be seen from this post! My
aim is to learn.

I want to buy a PCI modem and an ethernet modem - so that I experience
using them. I have a router and simply want some other hardware to play
with for learning purposes.

I'm told that some ethernet modems have the option to enable or disable
PPPoE. I'd like to buy a modem with that feature so that I can connect
up in 2 different ways (with or without PPPoE).

Could anybody link me to something on ebay that does that?

Regading the PCI modem - is one as good as another? would they all
connect dialling up in the same way?

Slightly confused on this end. DSL uses a DSL modem (usually external) and
an ethernet connection (either onboard or PCI). I can only guess that by
'PCI modem' you are referring to the ethernet card? Mayhap there is an
internal PCI type DSL modem, however, I haven't seen one. A standard PCI
modem connects to a telephone line, not part of DSL, or cable for that
matter. Do you have DSL service now? Mayhap it's different on your side of
the 'pond', and, I, therefore, don't know what I'm talking about (entirely
possible, btw)...luck...

nope, same either side of the pond.

DSL Modem can be internal - PCI. Or external. In which case it can be
USB or an ethernet modem. Ethernet modems plug into an ethernet
port(onboard or pci).

Nothing is 'made in england' anymore. or 'made in britain'. We get it
all from you guys/blokes over in the USA.

PCI DSL modem
http://www.edcwireless.com/PCIDslModemfeat.htm

PCI ADSL modem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...735011833&rd=1

I think the only difference, is that on this side of the pond we call
it ADSL and on your side it's called DSL. I may be wrong though,

<> wrote in message
news: ups.com...
> nope, same either side of the pond.
>
> DSL Modem can be internal - PCI. Or external. In which case it can be
> USB or an ethernet modem. Ethernet modems plug into an ethernet
> port(onboard or pci).
>
> Nothing is 'made in england' anymore. or 'made in britain'. We get it
> all from you guys/blokes over in the USA.

and we get it from China, Taiwan, and Korea. LOL!

wrote:

> I think the only difference, is that on this side of the pond we call
> it ADSL and on your side it's called DSL. I may be wrong though,

ADSL and DSL are not the same. "DSL" is a more generic term for the
technology, ADSL is a specific implementation or 'type' of DSL.

sometimes DSL is also known as xDSL (where you can have ADSL, IDSL,
SDSL, VDSL etc..)


--
Ben Cottrell AKA Bench

wrote:
>
> Nothing is 'made in england' anymore. or 'made in britain'. We get it
> all from you guys/blokes over in the USA.

Which is all made in Asia. ps if it weren't for you blokes running India
for years they never would have been bilingual Hindi/English so its YOUR
fault that we got stuck now with India tech support. Why didn't you just
stick with selling opium to em you had to teach em English as well.
Thanks for nothing

Oh and while I'm at it I never saw any apology for you guys burning down
our White House years ago you terrorists you. BTW you still cant get a
real cup of java in England no wonder you cant produce anything you're
prolly all asleep 24.7

Thor wrote:
>
> > Nothing is 'made in england' anymore. or 'made in britain'. We get it
> > all from you guys/blokes over in the USA.
>
> and we get it from China, Taiwan, and Korea. LOL!

That'd have to be South Korea.

On 17 Jan 2005 02:05:09 -0800, wrote:

>nope, same either side of the pond.
>
>DSL Modem can be internal - PCI. Or external. In which case it can be
>USB or an ethernet modem.

Or a dial-up modem...telephone line. Yer correct on all the above.

Internal modems can also come in ISA...besides PCI...and I believe
also in EISA. At any rate, the card must simply meet the internal
architecture of the machine. PCI is simply an internal architecture
standard. External modems must have a port to connect it to...serial,
etc. USB is simply another architecture for an external modem.

AFAIK, all modern modems are capable of PPPoE. But this capability is
a function of the provider. You must match the modem to the
capability of your provider.

>Nothing is 'made in england' anymore. or 'made in britain'. We get it
>all from you guys/blokes over in the USA.

Just for the record...China and Korea MAY be cities in the U.S. But
that stuff if not made here. There is ANOTHER China and Korea...much
larger than those cities. lol There's probably a city in the U.S.
called Taiwan, too.

>I think the only difference, is that on this side of the pond we call
>it ADSL and on your side it's called DSL. I may be wrong though,

DSL is the basic. From that point, there are different types of DSL.
Asynchronous DSL (ADSL) is one of them. The term is not particular to
any side of the pond. Its an engineering standard.


Have a nice one...

Trent©

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!

Plato wrote:
> wrote:
> >
> > Nothing is 'made in england' anymore. or 'made in britain'. We
get it
> > all from you guys/blokes over in the USA.
>
> Which is all made in Asia. ps if it weren't for you blokes running
India
> for years they never would have been bilingual Hindi/English so its
YOUR
> fault that we got stuck now with India tech support. Why didn't you
just
> stick with selling opium to em you had to teach em English as well.
> Thanks for nothing

indian technical support is better than british technical support!! At
least they answer the phone.

> Oh and while I'm at it I never saw any apology for you guys burning
down
> our White House years ago you terrorists you.

the sky was brilliantly illuminated

> BTW you still cant get a
> real cup of java in England no wonder you cant produce anything
you're
> prolly all asleep 24.7

i did hear that tea has more caffeine than coffee. When i think
'java', i think of a boring programming language and an even more
boring website.