enorbet wrote:

>
>  The ADSL part of the Linksys Router means that it is a modem as well 
>as a router.  If you presently lease a modem you may recoup the 
>difference in price by owning one as a part of your system with the 
>Linksys.  I didn't check if that particular model is one but it is 
>common to price routers by protocol as well as other features.  For 
>example an 802.11b router will be cheaper (and slower) than an 802.11g 
>and both will be cheaper than Pre-N's which are presently the fastest 
>and most expensive.  However since they are being made in hopes that 
>their version will become the standard when the 802.11N standard is set, 
>or at least compatible with the standard, obviously some will lose that 
>bid and owners will be stuck in a dead end.  That dead end would not 
>necesarily be a bad place to be since it will still be fast, in fact 
>faster than forseeable broadband internet service, so in a home system 
>one is only stuck with that speed since many will function with other 
>standards adaptors.  For example most Pre-N routers will connect just 
>fine to any other wireless adaptor.  There are a few which are so 
>proprietary that they are sxclusive so just watch out for that dead end 
>since it means not only being stuck at a speed but also not being able 
>to add new machines if support stops for that non-standard system.
>Jimmy
>
>  
>
Sorry the Linksys router does NOT have a ADSL MODEM built in.   It has 4 
10/100Mbps Ethernet ports in a switch configuration and a 5th port that 
is a 10Mbps uplink port.  That uplink port is attached to the ADSL 
MODEM, or CABLE MODEM, or ISDN MODEM, or SATELLITE MODEM, or basically 
any other network that you want or need to attach to.

-- 
Robert Gammon   
Houston, TX




 
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