Does a DSL (MODEM) connect by RJ-45 to a serial port? I KNOW where it connects but in my A+ class I was told that a DSL doesn't connect to a serial port. However RJ standards are serial? I'm confused. Help, anybody!The serial port you are THINKING about is RS-232, it is 9-pin D-submin or sometimes 25-pin D-submin. RJ-45 is ethernet which is also serial. USB is also serial.

DSL modem connects to RJ-45 (ethernet) or to USB.amangin1..... Normally the RJ-45 cable from the modem connects to either the onboard RJ-45 Lan port or the RJ-45 port on the ethernet card ( pci) . I have never heard of using the serial port to connect a modem and it certainly wouldnt accept a RJ-45 cable ......
PERHAPS you should be asking more questions in class or LISTEN carefully and then ask the questions


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I have never heard of using the serial port to connect a modem

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I have never heard of using the serial port to connect a modem

In the old days, that was the only way to connect a modem...