From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 10:20:32 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 ECD5037B401 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:20:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0004B43F3F for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:20:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet5.buffnet.net (buffnet5.buffnet.net [205.246.19.14]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.12.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id h77HKb3S085023; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:20:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:20:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey To: David Banning In-Reply-To: <20030807163857.GA53349@skytrackercanada.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 17:20:33 -0000 It all depends on the provider - the tech they use - for instance, we use MVL for sdsl, whereas verizon uses something else for adsl. On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, 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? > > -- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >