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When my modem places a signal on coax, is that signal still considered Ethernet?
Depends on which family of terminology you're considering.
At the physical layer: it's no longer Ethernet despite coax having superficial similarity with the media used by a 10BASE2 network.
At the ...
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When my modem places a signal on coax, is that signal still considered Ethernet?
This new signal that is placed on coax - is it still considered
Ethernet?
No.
Ethernet is a series of physical (various media) and data-link protocols (very few variants). The (obsolete) 10Base-5, ...
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