The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 3 months agoPlease just behave!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1481arrow-down114
arrow-up1467arrow-down1imagePlease just behave!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 3 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarenul9o9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·3 months agoConnecting to wifi is equivalent to plugging an ethernet cord to a router. The router still needs to have its own connection to the internet for you to use.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-23 months agoWas about to say, that just means your router is routing… but where it is routing to is the real question.
minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoSometimes it routes into the ether, and sometimes the 'net. That’s why it’s called Ethernet.
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoOr, it either connects to the ethernet, or to the nethernet.
minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoWhat most people would refer to as a router is technically a WiFi access point, network switch, and router all in one.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoProbably not as that is normally a separate device. I haven’t see a all in one router with a fiber connection
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoFibre is a bit different I think, but for cable and DSL the “router” and modem are one and the same
minus-squaremoosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoyeah but it should still tell you if there isn’t internet
Connecting to wifi is equivalent to plugging an ethernet cord to a router. The router still needs to have its own connection to the internet for you to use.
Was about to say, that just means your router is routing… but where it is routing to is the real question.
Sometimes it routes into the ether, and sometimes the 'net. That’s why it’s called Ethernet.
Ether or
Or, it either connects to the ethernet, or to the nethernet.
It’s the WAN
What most people would refer to as a router is technically a WiFi access point, network switch, and router all in one.
Also modem
Gross.
Probably not as that is normally a separate device. I haven’t see a all in one router with a fiber connection
Fibre is a bit different I think, but for cable and DSL the “router” and modem are one and the same
yeah but it should still tell you if there isn’t internet