Ethernet? What is it? How does it work?

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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 just a network cable. you plug it into your computer and your wifi router and it connects tthe computer to the network without using wifi. that router is plugged into your ISP’s motem/cable box/whatever with another ethernet cable and it connects you to the internet you already have.

Ethernet is basicaly like saying “wifi, but over a cable”

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