Re: Digital switchover

From	Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.networking
Subject	Re: Digital switchover
Date	2026-05-11 20:36 +0100
Organization	TLP
Message-ID	<5cd7740494dnews@triffid.co.uk> (permalink)
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In article <5cd75f4273News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
   Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <5cd75e3dc2dnews@triffid.co.uk>,
>    Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> > I guess I'll lose two Router sockets at the changeover, one for the
> > Cat5e input and a second one for the new phone connection.

> Depends.
> If your router has a dedicated WAN ethernet port, then you will not
> lose a LAN ethernet port for the incoming cable. But many routers
> have a port that is used for the WAN, or a LAN connection otherwise,
> so you would lose an LAN port.

> If your router has a working and supported phone socket, then it will
> not need a LAN port. However, some routers (notably Plusnet ones)
> have a phone socket but it is NOT working as it is not supported by
> the firmware! If you are using a separate ATA, or phone system that
> incluses one, then you WILL lose an ethernet LAN port.

My router is a Draytek Vigor 2765ac
It has 4 Lan ports and one DSL port that's connected to the house phone
line.

> If you run out of ethernet ports for your LAN, then you can get
> switches that are 1 LAN in, 4 (or more) out. I got mine for under £20
> a few years ago.

Yes, I have a TP-Link 8 port switch box connected to the router that
handles most of the other house networking.

I'll have to wait and see. :-/

Thanks for the info.  :-)
Dave

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  Re: Digital switchover Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 07:32 +0100
    Re: Digital switchover Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2026-05-11 11:48 +0100
      Re: Digital switchover Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 16:17 +0100
        Re: Digital switchover Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 16:38 +0100
          Re: Digital switchover Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 16:49 +0100
            Re: Digital switchover Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 20:36 +0100
              Re: Digital switchover Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 22:24 +0100
                Re: Digital switchover Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> - 2026-05-12 09:37 +0100
          Re: Digital switchover Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 18:06 +0100
      Re: Digital switchover Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-05-11 22:26 +0100
    Re: Digital switchover Adrian Crafer <acrafer@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 11:00 +0000
  Re: Digital switchover Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 13:12 +0100
    Re: Digital switchover Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2026-05-11 14:17 +0100
      Re: Digital switchover Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2026-05-11 14:21 +0100
        Re: Digital switchover Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 14:35 +0100
    Re: Digital switchover Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 15:12 +0100
      Re: Digital switchover Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 18:00 +0100
        Re: Digital switchover Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-05-12 10:18 +0100
          Re: Digital switchover Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-05-12 19:14 +0100
    Re: Digital switchover Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-05-11 16:23 +0100
      Re: Digital switchover Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2026-05-12 09:46 +0100
        Re: Digital switchover Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2026-05-12 10:15 +0100
          Re: Digital switchover Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2026-05-12 10:28 +0100
          Re: Digital switchover Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-05-12 10:42 +0100
            Re: Digital switchover Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2026-05-12 13:26 +0100
          Re: Digital switchover Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2026-05-12 11:37 +0100
            Re: Digital switchover Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2026-05-12 12:30 +0100
              Re: Digital switchover Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2026-05-12 13:12 +0100
              Re: Digital switchover Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2026-05-12 13:27 +0100
            Re: Digital switchover Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-05-12 19:24 +0100
              Re: Digital switchover Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2026-05-12 20:33 +0100
                Re: Digital switchover Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2026-05-12 21:38 +0100
        Re: Digital switchover Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-05-12 10:27 +0100
        Re: Digital switchover Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-05-12 19:18 +0100
          Re: Digital switchover Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2026-05-12 20:42 +0100
  Re: Digital switchover druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2026-05-11 14:32 +0100
    Re: Digital switchover Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2026-05-12 11:08 +0100
      Re: Digital switchover Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2026-05-12 13:29 +0100
        Re: Digital switchover Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2026-05-12 14:29 +0100
          Re: Digital switchover Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2026-05-13 00:05 +0100

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