Google searches have only yielded 5th grade level examples (“the modem talks between your ISP and your home network!”) or articles I would need a degree to understand. Can anyone provide an explanation that’s somewhere in between the two? I understand the fundamentals of how the Internet works, and how LAN works regarding a router and individual devices, but I’m curious to know more about the link between those.
The problem you’re running into is that many modern ISP’s combine the router, modem, switch, and access point all into a single piece of shitty hardware.
“Shitty” is being generous most times.