From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 10:38:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0757037B401 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:38:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from empire.explosive.mail.net (empire.explosive.mail.net [205.205.25.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1C7CC43F75 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:38:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mykroft@explosive.mail.net) Received: (qmail 32623 invoked from network); 7 Aug 2003 17:37:22 -0000 Received: from kingdom.mykroft.com (HELO explosive.mail.net) (205.205.25.113) by empire.explosive.mail.net with SMTP; 7 Aug 2003 17:37:22 -0000 Message-ID: <3F32913E.5050205@explosive.mail.net> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 13:49:50 -0400 From: Mykroft Holmes IV User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Banning References: <20030807163857.GA53349@skytrackercanada.com> In-Reply-To: <20030807163857.GA53349@skytrackercanada.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: are all dsl modems the same? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 17:38:56 -0000 David Banning wrote: > I am looking at buying a dsl modem used but I am not aware of > the differences from one to the next. I am using a G-net which seems > to work fine, and I used a Nortel Networks one when I was with another > DSL supplier. > > Is the operation of most DSL modems the same, and if so, can a > specific DSL modem used with one DSL service supplier be used with > another DSL service supplier? > No, they aren't. There are several different ways to deliver DSL service (Even with the same form of xDSL), and therefore you will need to ensure that your DSL modem is compatible for the local ILEC's gear (Which is what determines compatibility, not your ISP's gear, as your ILEC, not necessarily the ISP, provides the DSLAM which the DSL circuit temrinates on) Adam