• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 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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      11 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.