Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Ethernet card for puter

[Wol]

On 08/11/2021 16:48, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2021-11-08, Laurence Perkins <lperkins@×××××××.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Wol <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 1:26 AM
>>> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
>>> 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