** James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@???> [2007-12-05 18:34]:
> On 05/12/2007, Paul Tansom <paul@???> wrote:
> > Netgear are ADSL versions of units that have similar DSL equivalents.
> > Again obsolete is the 3Com unit that I started with and have used on
> > customer sites. I've been quite happy with this, bar the fact that the
> > unit I have had a hardware failure - it does have a nice long warranty
> > though, so I'm getting it repaired :) Again this is an ADSL unit, and it
> > is the ADSL side has failed, but the customer sites use pure DSL
> > versions of the same unit (that annoyingly have an extra feature that
> > the ADSL one lacks - static addressing on the DHCP I think it was, but
> > it was a long while ago I configured them!).
>
> What exactly is the "DSL" you talk about.
> DSL to me is just a generic name for "Digital Subsciber Line"
> ADSL is a more specific "Asyncronous Digital Subscriber Line"
> What is "Pure DSL" ?
** end quote [James Courtier-Dutton]
I've generally found that routers aimed at the cable as opposed to ADSL
market are referred to as DSL routers. I've no idea whether it is a
technically accurate term as I've never bothered to check, just noted to
be careful not to confuse DSL with ADSL :) So basically I'm referring to
a soho class router that has an ethernet port for the external
connection instead of an ADSL phone connection.
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