Video What Is a Modem? | Internet Setup

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Step 1: What is a modem?
Understand what a modem is: something the converts a signal from one form to another.

Step 2: Dial-up vs. DSL
Instead of dial-up modems that converted audio from phones into data understandable by computers, there are cable and DSL modems.

Step 3: Familiarize yourself with your modem
Get to know the connection portals and signal lights of your modem.