From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:21:39 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
   > The router is not only an internet router: it also converts VoIP to   
   > a standard copper pair connection where I connect my house landline.   
      
   In our case, the “ONT” box that terminates the fibre has separate   
   connections for phone landline versus Internet. The former goes   
   straight into a handset or handsets, while the latter is a standard   
   Ethernet connector that goes straight into my store-bought router.   
      
   The router says the Internet connection type is “Dynamic IP”, which I   
   gather just means regular DHCP. So I could set up a Linux box, with a   
   suitable accoutrement of Ethernet interfaces, in its stead, to operate   
   my own homebrew Internet router.   
      
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