Patent ID: 8829738

Claim:
A connecting apparatus with a combo port, comprising: a connector module being a combo-type connecting port in compliance with two or more standards of connection; wherein the connector module includes a plurality of electrical contacts connected with a plurality of metal wires, and the metal wires are divided into several line combinations respectively linked to a circuit module for Digital subscriber line, and the other circuit module for Ethernet network; a detecting unit, electrically connected to the connector module, for detecting an electrical signal as plugging into the connector module; a connector control unit, electrically connected with the connector module, for controlling line combination of the connector module according to a control signal; a data processing unit, electrically connected with the detecting unit and the connector control unit, for generating the control signal according to a detection result made by the detecting unit; and a memory unit, electrically connected to the processing unit data processing unit, used to store connection configuration while the connecting apparatus is initialized, wherein the stored configuration which is ever detected by the detecting unit is for speeding up the future setting; wherein, the connector control unit performs an automatic switching process to switch one of the line combinations according to the control signal, wherein the automatic switching process is applied to: an RJ-11 connector, in compliance with standard of the Digital subscriber line, connected to circuit module of the Digital subscriber line; an RJ-45 connector, in compliance with 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX standard, connected to circuit module of the Ethernet network; and the RJ-45 connector, in compliance with 1000BASE-T standard, connected to the circuit module of the Ethernet network.