Hi there I had a few questions about ethernet.
I know enough to understand that there is such thing as an ethernet cable that you plug in into a box for Internet on your computer.
What I don’t understand is how the system itself works and if there’s more to it. Is there a box that is specific to ethernet and how is it different from your modem that you get from an Internet service provider?
I’m getting a new remote job and they are sending me an ethernet cable to ensure we have reliable internet. Is it possible that they might be sending me a cable/ethernet box as well with additional internet or is that impossible between state lines?
If it’s the later, how do you get this, do you pay by the month like your Internet service provider (ISP), and roughly how much does it cost?
Thank you in advance!
LL
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Ethernet is a set of rules for how computers can talk to each other, just like Wifi. They’re both defined by the same group actually.
A modem is a device for translating between computer native network systems, like Ethernet and Wifi, and other systems like the phone network or cable. Since your computer doesn’t natively know how to speak to phone networks, you generally need one of these to connect to the Internet through your ISP.
Most Modems have Ethernet ports on them. More of them than come with WiFi- often you’ll see the modem connected to a separate Wifi router over Ethernet rather than having the two come in a single box.
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