On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 4:43 PM, James Hartley <jjhart...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org > >wrote: > > > On 2013-11-05, Loïc BLOT <loic.b...@unix-experience.fr> wrote: > > > I would test to plug RJ11 cable (from my ADSL line, behind the ADSL > > > filter) to the RJ45 plug but it seems this doesn't work (no carrier). > > > Is this possible ? > > > > No, and in some cases you may damage the nic.. > > > > I apologize for the tangential question. On Amazon, I've located cables > with a RJ11 connector on one end, & a RJ45 on the other. Is using this > type of cable to connect an Alix directly to the phone line discouraged? > > Thanks for any enlightenment. > > See my last message in this thread. The connectors are irrelevant. PSTN != Ethernet. Stated differently, an ethernet nic is not a modem.
