Is there a difference between DSL and ADSL

Possibly a stupid question.....

I am currenlty using a Netgear RP114 with a Cable Modem. In a couple of
weeks I will be moving over to ADSL.

My RP114 says it will work with DSL modems. Are these the same as ADSL
modems?

My ADSL Modem is a PT3810.

Thanks

Clive

"Clive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Possibly a stupid question.....
>
> I am currenlty using a Netgear RP114 with a Cable Modem. In a couple of weeks
> I will be moving over to ADSL.
>
> My RP114 says it will work with DSL modems. Are these the same as ADSL modems?
>
> My ADSL Modem is a PT3810.

Its the same thing, just shortened :-)

"Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Clive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Possibly a stupid question.....
> >
> > I am currenlty using a Netgear RP114 with a Cable Modem. In a couple of
weeks
> > I will be moving over to ADSL.
> >
> > My RP114 says it will work with DSL modems. Are these the same as ADSL
modems?
> >
> > My ADSL Modem is a PT3810.
>
> Its the same thing, just shortened :-)
>
>
The A in ADSL means asymetric (?sp) i.e. the upload and download speeds
differ.

Whether that means that your modem will work, I can't tell you, I'm afraid.

"Clive" <(E-Mail Removed)> kirjoitti viestissä
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> I am currently using a Netgear RP114 with a Cable Modem.
> In a couple of weeks I will be moving over to ADSL.

> My RP114 says it will work with DSL modems.

By "DSL-modem" Netgear means any modem with an Ethernet-interface.
This can be an ADSL-modem a VDSL-modem or even a cable modem.

> Are these the same as ADSL modems?

ADSL is one form of "Digital Subscriber Line".
Not all ADSL-modems have an Ethernet interface. The cheaper ones only
provide an USB interface. There are also internal PCI modem cards.

> My ADSL Modem is a PT3810.

The Puretec/ETEC PT3810 ADSL Modem/Router has one Ethernet port.
(It also has an additional USB port.)
http://www.microlandtechnology.com/p...?partno=CO6348
http://www.puretek.com.tw/product/ad...roducts%20.htm

You can connect the Netgear RP114 router to the Ethernet port. However, the
PT3810 also has a built in NAT-firewall / router so you do not need to add a
second router.

The PT3810 only has one Ethernet port, so you will need a switch to share
the connection. You can also use the PT3810 in a bridge mode and use the
Netgear for connection sharing.
http://www.puretek.com.tw/product/ad...roducts%20.htm


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"Petri Krohn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Clive" <(E-Mail Removed)> kirjoitti viestissä
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>
>> I am currently using a Netgear RP114 with a Cable Modem.
>> In a couple of weeks I will be moving over to ADSL.
>
>> My RP114 says it will work with DSL modems.
>
> By "DSL-modem" Netgear means any modem with an Ethernet-interface.
> This can be an ADSL-modem a VDSL-modem or even a cable modem.
>
>> Are these the same as ADSL modems?
>
> ADSL is one form of "Digital Subscriber Line".
> Not all ADSL-modems have an Ethernet interface. The cheaper ones only
> provide an USB interface. There are also internal PCI modem cards.

Isn't there and SDSL aswell? Faster over shorter lines or something

"Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:cijj3m$4r$1
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> Isn't there and SDSL aswell? Faster over shorter lines or something

There are a few different types, ADSL, RADSL (normally just identified as
ADSL) and SDSL are the most common. ADSL uses frequencies on the line to
increase the download speed whilst leaving the upload speed low (256).
SDSL uses more frequencies (I think) to also increase the upload speed.
As SDSL uses more frequencies it is more prone to loss and hence only
works over shorter lines regardless of whether the downstream is faster
that comparative ADSL.

So in short, DSL is a family of technologies whilst ADSL is an
implementation of one type of that technology.

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"cw" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:cijj3m$4r$1
> @sparta.btinternet.com:
>
>> Isn't there and SDSL aswell? Faster over shorter lines or something
>
> There are a few different types, ADSL, RADSL (normally just identified as
> ADSL) and SDSL are the most common. ADSL uses frequencies on the line to
> increase the download speed whilst leaving the upload speed low (256).
> SDSL uses more frequencies (I think) to also increase the upload speed.
> As SDSL uses more frequencies it is more prone to loss and hence only
> works over shorter lines regardless of whether the downstream is faster
> that comparative ADSL.
>
> So in short, DSL is a family of technologies whilst ADSL is an
> implementation of one type of that technology.

Then we have the new adsl2 which will be around much more in a few years.

Petri Krohn wrote:
> "Clive" <(E-Mail Removed)> kirjoitti viestissä
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>
>> I am currently using a Netgear RP114 with a Cable Modem.
>> In a couple of weeks I will be moving over to ADSL.
>
>> My RP114 says it will work with DSL modems.
>
> By "DSL-modem" Netgear means any modem with an Ethernet-interface.
> This can be an ADSL-modem a VDSL-modem or even a cable modem.


Wrong, cable modems are a completely different technology & are
incompatable.

Me thinks you are getting a little confused between modems & routers & even
then you have to be careful as a DSL router may not be compatable with a
cable modem...

In message <414e06d8$0$17940$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Kráftéé <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Petri Krohn wrote:
>> "Clive" <(E-Mail Removed)> kirjoitti viestissä
>> news:rP13d.82$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> I am currently using a Netgear RP114 with a Cable Modem.
>>> In a couple of weeks I will be moving over to ADSL.
>>
>>> My RP114 says it will work with DSL modems.
>>
>> By "DSL-modem" Netgear means any modem with an Ethernet-interface.
>> This can be an ADSL-modem a VDSL-modem or even a cable modem.
>
>
>Wrong, cable modems are a completely different technology & are
>incompatable.
>
>Me thinks you are getting a little confused between modems & routers & even
>then you have to be careful as a DSL router may not be compatable with a
>cable modem...

My PC technician, (usually a reliable source of information on IT
matters), says that next year the Government are going to bring in a
universal 8MB Broadband service across the board. I asked him why we
did not know about it and he said that the Government had not made it
public yet, can anyone throw any light on this.

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Derrick Fawsitt

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> In message <414e06d8$0$17940$(E-Mail Removed)>, Kráftéé
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>Petri Krohn wrote:
>>> "Clive" <(E-Mail Removed)> kirjoitti viestissä
>>> news:rP13d.82$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>>> I am currently using a Netgear RP114 with a Cable Modem.
>>>> In a couple of weeks I will be moving over to ADSL.
>>>
>>>> My RP114 says it will work with DSL modems.
>>>
>>> By "DSL-modem" Netgear means any modem with an Ethernet-interface.
>>> This can be an ADSL-modem a VDSL-modem or even a cable modem.
>>
>>
>>Wrong, cable modems are a completely different technology & are
>>incompatable.
>>
>>Me thinks you are getting a little confused between modems & routers & even
>>then you have to be careful as a DSL router may not be compatable with a
>>cable modem...
>
> My PC technician, (usually a reliable source of information on IT matters),
> says that next year the Government are going to bring in a universal 8MB
> Broadband service across the board. I asked him why we did not know about it
> and he said that the Government had not made it public yet, can anyone throw
> any light on this.

Well the government cannot bring in anything if we do not have the technology.
They can really only advise on what the telecoms companies should be targetting
towards.
They may be referring to ADSL2 or is it ADSL2+ ? Anyway, whatever its name,
they are working on the technology and I think its possible to have speeds of up
to 20mbs, but I do not know much about it. Maybe Google can point you in the
right direction?