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On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 19:41, Michael Chidley wrote: > On Friday 14 November 2003 7:40 pm, Neil Williams wrote: > > On Friday 14 Nov 2003 7:04 pm, Michael Chidley wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Does anybody know what is the difference between an `ADSL Bridge` and an > > > `ADSL Router`? > > > > The ADSL is irrelevant to the difference, it works the same with ISDN etc. > > > > (I may have all this wrong, but I think this is how it works) > > Basically it's more intelligent bandwidth allocations. A router doesn't do > > any more work than a hub as far as sharing bandwidth within the local > > network. A bridge is more akin to a switch which ensures that each machine > > gets the full bandwidth available. A hub sends packets to all machines, > > whereas a switch knows which machines don't need to be bothered with which > > packets. > > Hmm...Thanks Neil....The reason I was asking was because I am getting ADSL on > the 26/11 and have been reading the HOWTOs....but they are going right over > my head.... The ISP has sent me this info below (some bits changed!) and I > have installed a ADSL Router and NIC in my computer. > > _______________________________________________________ > Username: myusername@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Password: password > > Protocol: PPP/VC (sometimes called: PPPoA or PPP over ATM) > VPI=0 VCI=38 > Encapsulation method: VCMUX > Modulation method: G.DMT > > Primary DNS Server: 194.106.56.6 > Secondary DNS Server: 194.106.33.42 > > ___________________________________________________________ > > If somebody could give me an idoits guide what to do........ > > Mike What asdl router did you buy? if this has ethernet port then no config of the pc is needed, if DHCP is available on the router? Darren > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.