It has an Ethernet port so you can easily connect it to a cable modem or digital subscriber line (DSL).
Better yet, if you have a cable modem or digital subscriber line (DSL) service, this server will let you access your files from anywhere that you have an Internet connection.
The problem for broadband users is that relatively few homes have the home network needed to connect both a PC and a handful of other devices to a single cable modem or digital subscriber line.
The early-adopter set has been playing with home networking for a few years, but now the technology is spreading to mainstream consumers, who want to split the fast Internet connection of a cable modem or digital subscriber line (DSL) among several PCs, and also share computer files and peripherals such as printers and scanners.
There's a reason why the Xbox also works as a DVD player and has a hard drive and an Ethernet connection port on the back suitable for cable modem or a digital subscriber line Internet connection.
Included: a palmtop computer (touted as the smallest Windows-based PC), a DVD player and a personal digital assistant that is phone, fax, modem, pager and electronic organizer all in one.
Aside from connection issues (stemming from my modem), the setup process with the Western Digital router was effortless with a number of on-board auto features.
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Whether it's phone wire used for dial-up and digital subscriber lines (DSL), or the coaxial cables that carry cable modem connections, these connections are a bottleneck between the carrier's big pipes and your bandwidth-starved computer.
But it may also spark renewed price competition between broadband service providers, such as phone companies like Verizon Communications pushing digital subscriber line service, and cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner offering cable modem service.
Third-generation wireless (the first two were analog and the current version of digital) can move data at 384 kilobits a second, six times the speed of a good computer modem.
And while Microsoft currently offers digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet access in conjunction with its MSN online service, it needs a cable modem offering to drive more traffic to all of its Web properties.
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