Could someone explain why we can’t just plug the average PC etc into a ‘raw’ internet line (like just entering a house) and have a mini modem on the motherboard do the translation work?

I know there’s a limit to IP addresses, and that it’s maybe easier to have a little box do the work where it enters a building.

… but apart from that?

  • Lophostemon@aussie.zoneOP
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    11 months ago

    Sure. Sounds good. I saw lots of stand-alone routers on the shelves, but nary a solo modem.

    My query was purely theoretical anyway.