What's a DSL port?

[livemusic]

I bought this modem on eBay, and only after I payed for it and the product was shipped (), I noticed this sentence:

Please note that this model does not have USB port or phone ports. But does have four ethernet ports and DSL port.

So, the four ethernet ports are from the switch. But what is a DSL port? Does it use a different cable than the regular phone cable? If so, can I still manage to connect this modem to my telephone plug in somehow?

 

[Robin]

So, the four ethernet ports are from the switch. But what is a DSL port? Does it use a different cable than the regular phone cable? If so, can I still manage to connect this modem to my telephone plug in somehow?

It depends what normal phone plugs look like in Brazil but DSL is a slightly different shape from a phone plug and you wont have any problem connecting it to you telephone socket because it will most likely come with a DSL filter which looks like this...

You would plug the DSL cable from your modem (which would be provided) into the ADSL slot like shown in the picture and a normal phone into the other... all this would then plug into the wall from the filter normally.

If it doesnt come with this little filter box you can buy them really easily..

Hope that helps 👍

Robin

 

[livemusic]

I have a filter for my current modem already. But both the ADSL and phone ports are the same size and shape. They look like the ADSL one on the filter you posted, just a bit more squarish than a regular ethernet port.

 

[Robin]

Then it should be as simple as connecting the DSL port on your new modem to the ADSL port on your filter. I think when it said it doesn't have any phone ports it meant direct to the wall...

 

[TB]

My DSL modem has a DSL input and a phone line output. I think yours might just be missing the phone out part. Easily remedied, if you need a phone next to the modem, with the filter Robin. posted.

Also in looking at the 2700, it does have USB, unless there are different 2-Wire 2700's for different parts of the world.

 

[livemusic]

I hope so. Thanks for the help, when the modem arrives I'll update this thread.

 

[livemusic]

The DSL port was a regular phone port, the modem worked great. Thanks for all the help!

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Yes, this is just a description of the difference between the device you connect to a telephone line to receive ADSL through, and one that does fundamentally the same thing on a cable connection.

Because cable connections tend to be proprietary, you'll be provided with a cable modem. This then outputs to a straight ethernet port, into which you connect a traditional router.

With ADSL though, the modem functionality is built into the router device.