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On 2021-11-08, Laurence Perkins <lperkins@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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>>-----Original Message----- |
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>>From: Wol <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> |
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>>Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 1:26 AM |
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>>To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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>>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet card for puter |
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>>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. |
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> The *fibre* was terminated at an *RJ45*? Sounds like somebody |
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> screwed up massively and said you had the wrong router so you |
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> wouldn't think they were idiots. Either that or it wasn't actually |
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> an RJ45 and you needed a router with a fibre port. |
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The fiber is undoubtedly terminated at an ONT which has an RJ45 jack |
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which then needs to be connected to what the ISP usually calls "A |
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Modem". That "modem" is generally a firewall/router and WAP. |
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The exact Ethernet protocols used on that RJ45 connection to the |
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"modem" varie. Some do PPPoE, some just need some sort of |
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authenticating DHCP client, so do other stuff. |
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Grant |
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