3 Jun
2005
3 Jun
'05
1:38 a.m.
On Wednesday 01 June 2005 04:27 pm, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
Not a guaranteed answer, but I would say "no". The wire from the telecom does not carry straight ethernet traffic, it's frame relay or dsl or something. you need some sort of modem device to translate to ethernet.
To follow up: while ethernet is great for multiple hosts on a local loop or star topology within a building, it's not designed for long distances. You can often get away with a run between buildings, but when you start building cross-town links you need a different standard. That's where other protocols like Frame Relay and "DSL" come in. This is why you need some sort of "modem" between the cross-town link and your ethernet.