Instead of unplugging telephone cable to get a new IP, is there a physical switch to do the same and not cause bandwidth loss/instability?
by Ulysses_ from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4Q24A)
Used to turn off a router temporarily whenever a new public IP was needed, which took almost 3 minutes to get back up and running. Then instead of this, unplugged the telephone cable for 5 seconds, which gave a new IP in under a minute.
Then put a mains electricity type switch next to the mouse to physically disconnect the telephone wires (in fact the dual one in the attachment to disconnect both wires single-handedly and while sitting). Which seemed to work fine but after some weeks or months access to the internet became unstable and maybe bandwidth was reduced too (didn't measure it though) and went back to unplugging.
What might be a better physical switch for the sort of signals used with ADSL/VDSL?
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Then put a mains electricity type switch next to the mouse to physically disconnect the telephone wires (in fact the dual one in the attachment to disconnect both wires single-handedly and while sitting). Which seemed to work fine but after some weeks or months access to the internet became unstable and maybe bandwidth was reduced too (didn't measure it though) and went back to unplugging.
What might be a better physical switch for the sort of signals used with ADSL/VDSL?
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