Thanks very much for all your support.
Simon, I live in Australia. Thanks for your offer. The info confirms what I
thought. The laws of physics have been maintained and the salesman doesn't
know what he is talking about!
My sister has got an in line filer and a splitter. So she put the filter on
one phone, the splitter on the outlet next to the computer. All good, except
the modem does detect the ADSL signal. Personally, I think she has plugged
it into the wrong terminal on the splitter. As a computer tech she makes a
great hairdresser.
She removed every phone from all the other outlets and still the modem did
not get signal. The telecom people say it is enabled on her line.
Thanks Johan. My address for this list is olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx . Dunno why
the email bounced. I've just sent an email to myself. We have multiple
addresses at our domain to reduce spam, and track it down when it happens.
The email showed up OK. The web can be a weird place.
Thanks for your comments Moose. Our outlets here are daisy chained. If it
were a new installation, it would be connected in star topology to a frame
to select connections. I have an Austel licence (telecom wiring licenece her
in Australia) so I'll wire in a permanent splitter on the first point and
give her an ADSL outlet next to the computer. I haven't wired one befor, but
it looks like a simle filter.
Thanks again everyone
Foxy
----- Original Message -----
Simon Worby wrote:
>Terry and Tracey wrote:
>
>Don't know how it works in other countries, but assuming you're in the UK
??? :-
>
>>Does the ADSL filter go on the first phone outlet? I was always sure it
>>should and she has been told different.
>>
>>
>You need a filter on every outlet where there is a device connected.
>
That's the way they tell it. It ain't necessarily so.
>>Is there any other wierd things after that? Again, I always understood
that
>>the modem went before the filter on the first outlet to strip the digital
>>signal from the POTS phone service to the house.
>>
>>
>The filter has two exits. One for the phone (or other analogue device) and
one for the ADSL router or modem.
>
They sent me several splitters and one can buy extras. I wasn't all that
attracted to having little dongles hanging from one or more outlet in
every room. So I split the line at the junction box in the basement,
connecting the one line that goes to the modem to the DSL side of one of
the splitters and the rest of the house to the other side. Works just
fine and all other jacks in the house work normally without separate
splitters.
I have 2 lines into the house and I also sent the DSL and the other line
up 2 pairs of a cable to the study, separating them at the jack so I
have both phone and DSL at my desk. Then if DSL goes down, I can dial up
on the secondary line. Doesn't go down though, it's been very reliable.
>This is my line of work; if you're in the UK, feel free to give me a call
on 07769 904945 or 01635 247967 and I'll go over the full nitty-gritty with
you if you like.
>
This is not my line of work, has been working in the US for 21 months
and is not guaranteed because standards vary. Also, I had to make a
jumper connector from the junction box to the splitter myself and not
everyone's physical setup will make this solution easy. I had cleaned up
the mess of phone wiring in my house before by taking each incoming line
to a separate junction box and tying all the lines from rooms together
there. That way I could easily change which line went to which room.
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