vmshenoy

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• Jan 10th, 2007

 

A USB modem connects directly to the machine, and requires special drivers. These are quite often not of the highest quality on the Mac, because the manufacturer works more on the Windows driver. Quite often kernel panics are caused by poor drivers for USB devices.A router is a stand-alone box that connects to the phone line, and then connects to the rest of your machines via an Ethernet cable. bye

bashwin.87

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• Feb 12th, 2007

 

modem is used to connect different systems on LAN where as router is used to connect to internet.

dhatchayaniramkumar

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• Mar 9th, 2007

 

Router

A Device which acts as an interface betweeen two networks.
It forwards packets based on IP addresses between your ISP's router and either your LAN or your single PC.
A router learns more about the networks to which it is connected and can be more selective about the packets it passes on.
A router can also select the best route for packets to take in large interconnected networks.

Modem

Modem is a device that transmits and receives data over the plain old telephone system's (POTS) analogue lines.
It allows your PC to connect to your ISP using the Internet Protocol.
The modem acts as a "bridge" between your PC and your ISP.
The dynamic or static public IP address which your modem obtains from your ISP is passed on to your PC. 
Modem forwards packets based on hardware level MAC addresses between your ISP's router (and the Internet) and your PC.

mintesnot girma

• Jul 13th, 2011

 

router is the device that used to create home network.
modem is the bridge between your computer and your isp