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Originally Posted by radsumner
Hi
Little bit late, but I have exactly the same problem when connecting a laptop to the phone-line- ie, the phone goes dead if the modem is conencted. How did you sort it? If you'd care to divulge, it would be much appreciated! Thanks- Richard Sumner/ Ipswich
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If you read the thread - you would realise you have the phone line plugged into the wrong port on the computer.
Plug the phone line into the modem port, which looks like this
rather than the network port, which looks like this
The only differences are the modem port is smaller and aiui is a 4 pin connector not an 8 pin. Your phone wire would fit in to the network port but not snugly and it won't click. Oh and it shorts out.
Here's the two next to each other
(Modem on left, LAN on right, then DC in)