I am confused about cable and DSL.

[Sniper82]

Are the modems for these completely different?

 

[Russ]

Yes.

Russ, NCNE

 

[dc]

yup, completely different. especially since dsl uses your phone line while cable uses well... cable.

 

[JackMDS]

The Routers that are used to share the connection are the same.

Hence the term Cable/DSL Router.

Modem? As posted above.