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Google searches have only yielded 5th grade level examples (“the modem talks between your ISP and your home network!”) or articles I would need a degree to understand. Can anyone provide an explanation that’s somewhere in between the two? I understand the fundamentals of how the Internet works, and how LAN works regarding a router and individual devices, but I’m curious to know more about the link between those.

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[–] eric987235@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The problem you’re running into is that many modern ISP’s combine the router, modem, switch, and access point all into a single piece of shitty hardware.

[–] mineown73@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

"Shitty" is being generous most times.