Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.networking Subject: Re: Digital switchover Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 22:24:09 +0100 Organization: None Lines: 45 Message-ID: <5cd77de9c9News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> References: <5cd7009a73mec@npost.uk> <5cd72c4cb9dave@triffid.co.uk> <5cd743ba15mec@npost.uk> <5cd75c5829dnews@triffid.co.uk> <5cd75e3dc2dnews@triffid.co.uk> <5cd75f4273News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> <5cd7740494dnews@triffid.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 21:24:40 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="1534441"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19x4kfjiEGFW48FIo7HQhEJ"; posting-host="505b722e03c2cb9478428010289b3bf3" User-Agent: Pluto/3.21a (RISC OS/5.31) NewsHound/v1.54 Cancel-Lock: sha1:u4dv0g5mcSDDtLlOPcfwotCclO8= sha256:XX3+5FXT1FIREAgOX2ArH786h74uIFDrFuelElBT48Y= sha1:RQ35nEEfGpGdMvubjVX3fFjGatQ= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.networking:5296 In article <5cd7740494dnews@triffid.co.uk>, Dnews wrote: > In article <5cd75f4273News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>, > Martin wrote: > > In article <5cd75e3dc2dnews@triffid.co.uk>, > > Dnews 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. One of those 'LAN' ports is actually a WAN/LAN port. With FTTP it will be used as a WAN port for the ethernet connectoin from the ONT, so iyou will effectively lose one LAN port. Note also that the router will need some slight reconfiguration which disables the DSL port and modem. > > 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. If you have one spare ethernet port for the ONT connection, and possibly another for an ATA connection, you should be ok - perhaps with a bit of reorganisation. -- Martin Avison Note that unfortunately this email address will become invalid without notice if (when) any spam is received.