From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C374D158086 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 18:36:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 08BA72BC272; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 18:36:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk (smtp.hosts.co.uk [85.233.160.19]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67CF72BC164 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 18:36:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host81-132-12-162.range81-132.btcentralplus.com ([81.132.12.162] helo=[192.168.1.65]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1mk9VT-0003sL-Ah for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2021 18:36:35 +0000 Message-ID: <2947b9c3-8fcd-ff34-e4cc-223c5cad33e0@youngman.org.uk> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 18:36:35 +0000 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.0 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Ethernet card for puter Content-Language: en-GB To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <85f60ea4-7042-fbac-3685-f8752d4c22da@youngman.org.uk> From: Wol In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6f02331c-4b94-4038-b19f-8929a1a0ac8f X-Archives-Hash: 10ea3a66be7fc44a682fcb034f966ce1 On 08/11/2021 16:48, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2021-11-08, Laurence Perkins wrote: >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Wol >>> Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 1:26 AM >>> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet card for puter >>> >>> Only problem was a screw-up over the router - the fibre was terminated at an RJ45 in my house, but apparently needed a dedicated wan port on the router - you can't plug it into a standard port - so I was without internet until they sorted out a new router for me. >> >> >> The *fibre* was terminated at an *RJ45*? Sounds like somebody >> screwed up massively and said you had the wrong router so you >> wouldn't think they were idiots. Either that or it wasn't actually >> an RJ45 and you needed a router with a fibre port. > > The fiber is undoubtedly terminated at an ONT which has an RJ45 jack > which then needs to be connected to what the ISP usually calls "A > Modem". That "modem" is generally a firewall/router and WAP. > > The exact Ethernet protocols used on that RJ45 connection to the > "modem" varie. Some do PPPoE, some just need some sort of > authenticating DHCP client, so do other stuff. > Eggsackerley All I know is the guy who installed it put a box on the wall. He plugged the fibre in his end, I plug an RJ45 in my end. And I need a dedicated WAN port on the router as the other end of the RJ45 cable. Cheers, Wol