Phone adapter for Bluetooth connectivity
Phone adapter for Bluetooth connectivity
You can connect adapters from BT telephone ports to a standard RJ45 cable so you don’t need to replace your ISP router. You’ll run Cat 6E between the two devices—bringing internet into the house and then connecting it to your ISP router (Wi-Fi turned off). Your AP should work fine. Let me know if you need more details!
Unless you purchase a DSL-compatible router—many are available—the answer is no. You might change from RJ11 to RJ45 and back to RJ11, but converting RJ11 directly to RJ45 won’t work with a standard Ethernet port.
You can get a compact modem to fit inline, avoiding the need for two APs next to each other. You just want to swap your ISP router for something smaller, but it’s hard to find the right one since you’re not very familiar with networking and might be looking in the wrong place.
You won't be able to use the device sadly, but you can turn off wireless and let it function like a wired router or modem.
It would be necessary to purchase a router equipped with an integrated DSL modem, which becomes more complex as various modems might work differently than the one your ISP supplies. ASUS is known for producing strong routers, though their DSL models can be quite poor. Technical enthusiasts often set up two devices—one solely for DSL and another standard Ethernet router—to achieve optimal performance, which goes against typical preferences. If your location offers FTTP connectivity, the wall-mounted box converting to Ethernet will be compact (especially with Openreach FTTP), allowing for stable speeds without bulky equipment. Some DSL routers that support bridge mode can also be placed near the phone socket, enabling Ethernet connections to a separate router, though these tend to be larger.
We're right in the middle of nowhere where the top speed is 65 XD, but from the way it sounds, I'm stuck with what I have until sometime in the future or beyond. The lines are getting changed to fiber, and we just need to figure out the best way to keep things neat somehow, haha.