Interesting modem MAC ancillary

Went back to no computer software affiliations or a standalone
hardware telephone device.

The device is for dedicated telephone service, to be used in
conjunction with an ISP modem.

The modem's one Ethernet out is routed into the device, and from the
device looped back into the computer's Ethernet jack. An in-between
device.

A better-class, but same brand modem, was recently destroyed and
replaced with the ISP's less expensive "rental" model.

A software blacklist filter subsequently reported blocking "bogons",
at a rate by and sometimes several for a single second.

The telephone device subsequently filtered them out and stopped the
logged reports I was getting for "bogon" blocks;- there still are some
remaining, but that is by a significant magnitude fewer, perhaps 95 or
98% fewer reports.

Looking forward, getting reacquainted with the concept that software
may be constraint, depending on and whether limitations are inherent
to a design purpose.

For instance Microsoft Skype telephony has undergone revision changes
before to disallow former operating systems, as now and again,
apparently in early stage to favor an end Windows 10 software
dependency.

I prefer to forgo having that constraint from an independent service
and its device, quite literally and without consequent momentary
significance -- of course ISP's still effectively are still able to
heavily penalize a broader populace at rates on a heritage of TELCOs
-- that needn't have a computer running to independently initiate
vocal contact at some token minority of costs and fees.

Of course communication is as a field a broader field-overlap now than
from former copper landlines, although I still see no reason not to
use a telephone discretionarily without being tied to Windows 10 and
the newest Skype revisions, Ver. 8.xx, implemented earlier last month.

MSFT really does have such horrible quarterly earnings in an
affiliated PC sector, and derives all effective significance from
revenues with its enterprise affiliates.