[Novalug] Verizon FIOS Question

[Chris Sykes]

As to in general a cable modem being technically a layer 2-1 network
bridge yes I agree.

My paranthetical aside was more of a elaboration on the fact that my
'cable modem' is actually a layer 4 nat/firewall router with a coax
conection and not a contradiction to your statement.

-Chris



On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 10:20 -0400, Chris Sykes wrote:
>> internet router/ cable modem wannabe (some say it's just a bridge).
>
> In case anyone's wondering why I keep saying bridge instead of modem,
> it's because any so-called "cable modem" is really just a bridge.  It's
> not modulating between analog and digital.
>
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> Mackenzie Morgan
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