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If you want to connect your computer (or computers) to your LAN or to the Internet through a DSL modem, you're going to need networking hardware.
Some typical ways to connect your DSL modem are:
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Non-shared modem (1 computer only):
DSL modem <-> computer (Note: use a "crossover
cable")
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Shared modem (up to 3 computers):
DSL modem <-> 4-port Router <=> up to 3 computers
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Shared modem (adding to an existing LAN):
DSL modem <-> 1-port Router <->
hub <=> computers, or
DSL modem <-> 4-port Router
<-> hub <=> computers
With a DSL modem, you can use one phone line for both data and voice at the same time. First, check with your local telephone company to see if they support DSL modems in your area. Once your telephone company connects
the DSL service to your telephone line, you plug the DSL modem into the wall jack and insert "filters" (typically supplied by the telephone company) between the wall jacks and your telephones. You can use a standard telephone splitter if you want to plug
the DSL modem and a telephone or fax machine (with a filter) into the same wall jack.
/-- filter -- phone(s) or fax
wall jack -+
\-- DSL modem
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