On 19/12/17 15:30, James Knott wrote:
On 12/19/2017 10:08 AM, Wols Lists wrote:
(And both are telcos, not ISPs, so talking to tech support is a case of "what tech support?" :-(
ISP means Internet Service Provider. That could be any company, including telco, that provides your Internet connection. In my case, it's the local cable TV company. In my area, the main telco is also an ISP, along with several other companies. What's curious is that at least one ISP, that uses that telco's lines, manages to provide IPv6, even though the telco doesn't.
That's easy. Your router (or rather, the DSLAM at the local exchange) simply forwards all your traffic to a router at the ISP. The DSLAM neither knows nor cares about IP addresses, ports or anything. It just provides a bi-directional pipe for stuff to go up and down. Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org