When your Internet connection goes down, it often feels like the world stops. For many households and businesses relying on a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) modem, the impact can be even more ...

The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone line, ...

Trying to help out a friend's office which wants to replace the Verizon provided Westell 327w DSL modem+router with a Cisco 877 ISR for use with a Verizon Business DSL line.<BR><BR>Typically, in ...

Verizon FiOS is a fiber-optic service for your home cable, phone and internet. The service is similar to any other home internet that runs off fiber-optic cable, which is the fastest internet option ...

When you sign a contract with an internet provider, they'll typically send you a modem and a router in the mail. But which is which? And how are they different? A modem and a router work in tandem ...

To get internet access in your home, you need both a modem and a router. They aren't interchangeable, and they serve two very different functions. If you think of your home as an island, the modem is ...

This is mostly an after-the-fact tale that may be of use to others; I've got my Verizon DSL back now. I have Verizon DSL for my pitifully-slow Internet because I live in Manhattan NYC. Because of ...