Could someone explain why we can’t just plug the average PC etc into a ‘raw’ internet line (like just entering a house) and have a mini modem on the motherboard do the translation work?
I know there’s a limit to IP addresses, and that it’s maybe easier to have a little box do the work where it enters a building.
… but apart from that?
Sure. Sounds good. I saw lots of stand-alone routers on the shelves, but nary a solo modem.
My query was purely theoretical anyway.