I dont know with you but I can connect my workstation directly to a modem .
Ever heard of a serial port? The reason that you can connect a workstaion
to a LAN devices is that it has LAN device which is the NIC card. And dont
ever tell us that a workstaion is a layer 3 devices cause its not . Does a
workstation ever do routing? Its not even a layer 4, 5, 6, or 7 by itself.
But if you put in the software or hardware that will enable it to do this
things then it can be any of these.
>Hmmmm, let me think. I never thought of that, that someday we will be
>connecting a workstation to a modem with a Cat5 cable.
>Workstation to a modem, ? no the rule does not apply
>How about a TV to a VCR? no, it does not apply neither.
>How about the toaster? nooope.
>
>You are right, that is not a good rule. Don't use it.
>
>Bernard
>
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