• cmnybo
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    6 months ago

    I doubt many people would do that. You would have to intentionally set it up that way. Residential ISPs almost always supply a modem with a built in router which will have a firewall. You would have to set it to bridge mode, enable the DMZ, or use your own modem.

    I haven’t connected a computer directly to the internet since I used dial-up.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      I remember back in the days of broadband being brand new. Comcast insisted that you had to pay for each device that connected to the Internet. Using a router was considered against the TOS.

      I do not miss those days.

      • ThatKomputerKat@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        We had a router hooked up to our first RCA cable modem on Comcast, but then we were only comcast customers because they bought the company that originally hooked us up.

        cable Companies though. Don’t miss cable internet at all. Fuck Comcast any decade.