Hi.
I just want to know what my ISP has given me. I know your first answer would be to call them but everytime I try the ques are in eccess of 30 min. I just want know what command I need to know if I am using DSL or Cable Modem. I am guessing that its cable modem as on installation I choose cable and it works. Could someone please verify that I am correct.

My experience with Cable Modem and DSL is that:

Cable Modem - comes through a coax cable like that for cable TV
DSL - comes through the phone line

What is going into your modem?

Thanks for response. I have a coax cable that goes to the wall. So I guess I must be using cable modem.

Yes you definetly have a cable modem, DSL only goes through the phone line and subsequently still need to dial up in a way whereas cable is always on. and much easier to cinfigure with Linux

Not sure what you mean by having to dial up and cable modem being easier to configure. I have had DSL for over a year now and all I have to do is plug in the phone line just like cable modem plugging in the coax (and it runs on my existing phone line with no interruption.) As for being easier to configure, that's determined by the modem/router you're using, not the way the juice gets through the pipe.

If your connection is via a round cable like the one for the TV, it's a cable modem. If you had to unplug your phones, install a line splitter, then plug your phonelines back into a filter, and the connector to your modem looks just like the one for the phone, you've got DSL. Another way to answer the question is who do you pay? If it's the cable company, you've got a cable modem, but if it's your phone company or an ISP you've got DSL. To quote a great line, "ALWAYS follow the money." -- J.W.

Thanks for info JW but I know the name of the round cable that is the same as what plugs into my tv. A coax cable, that can support 10baseT and several other Ethernet and Token Ring cable speeds.
I was getting DSL confused with ISDN I think. I know ISDN is a lot faster. But with dial-up modem, cable modem, dsl, isdn, t1, t2, t3, t4, running on anything from a single coax cable on an ethernet or token ring network, to a fibre optic cable running in the server farm, it gets a little confusing. Anyway, sometimes the more we know the less we care about remaking the wheel.