Question RJ-11 phone line to RJ-45 router?

[aeades247]

Hello and thank you taking time to help me with this issue!

My old router that came with my broadband package bit the dust after a terrible orange juice incident, and I've been without WiFi ever since.

I went to my local pc world and bought a new cheap router (TP-Link Wireless N Router TL-WR940N) but I didn't think to check what connection it took; I've since learned that my old router used an RJ-11 wire to get signals from my phone line for broadband, but this router only takes RJ-45 ethernet in the 'internet' port.

I have since bought a rhino cables RJ-11 to RJ-45 wire thinking that this would work as the connections fit, but when I go to do the setup in my web browser it says that the wire is not plugged in.

I am a complete novice at this sort of thing and this is my first time trying to manually set up a new router, if I instead buy an adapter will it work then? Am I completely missing something obvious? Or is this situation doomed and am I going to have to buy another router?

Any and all help is much appreciated and again thank you for the help.

 

[Isokolon]

the TL-WR940N isn't a modem and only a WiFi router that as far as I can see isn't able to handle a DSL signal

 

[aeades247]

the TL-WR940N isn't a modem and only a WiFi router that as far as I can see isn't able to handle a DSL signal

Ahhh.

So it will only work in conjunction with a modem then?

I think I found my issue at least 😅 thank you

 

[Isokolon]

looks like it.

 

[SamirD]

Yep, you had a dsl modem/router combo and without that modem router combo, you won't be able to do anything--especially since most dsl isps have very specific models of modems they use. I'd contact your isp and don't tell them about the oj and that it just 'died'.