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Re: connecting cable modem through usb port



2009/6/9 Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net>:
> Sudev Barar wrote:
>> While in parlance you can call it modem technically it is a modem only
>> if connecting through serial port. If it is connecting through network
>> cable it is a network device and your problem would be more in area of
>> setting up IP and ranges.
>
> Incorrect.  Modem stands for MOdulator-DEModulator.  It converts digital
>  signals to analog and vice versa.  There is no requirement for it to be
> connected to a serial port.
>

Yes. My bad.

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