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| Thread ID: 31592 | 2003-03-26 10:12:00 | New at jetstream starter - nightmare | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 131151 | 2003-04-28 03:33:00 | Hi Misty,from your comments I would have to say you haven't got adsl to your modem yet,or the dsl light would be solid.Check you haven't got a filter on the dsl jack,then,if that doesn't fix it, call Telecom,and get them to fix it their end.A shame you weren't in Birkenhead or Birkdale,as I would have been able to come and fix it for you. Good luck Peter |
Peter Coleman (597) | ||
| 131152 | 2003-04-28 04:35:00 | God Father, Or anyone Can you please clarify. Should the router show a connection established as soon as it is plugged into the telephone line (or soon after) without being connected to the PC. ( Assuming the factory default Settings for the router are correct). The router picks up the ADSL "Signal" at the jackpoint, and from there the GUI provides the ability to enter the user name details to use the service. |
Milkbottle (3454) | ||
| 131153 | 2003-04-28 05:01:00 | My ADSL router was connected to my PC, but unconfigured. The ADSL signal LED was continually blinking for 2 days. Then came the day ADSL was to be enabled on my line by Telecom, and the moment they put the ADSL signal on, the light went solid ON. I then started configuring the router (it took about 1 minute to enter my username.xadsl etc, and connection to the internet was made.) The point to note is, that as far as I am aware, the ADSL signal light should indicate the presence of the ADSL signal on the line irrespective of the modem being configured, as long as it is plugged into the ADSL wall socket. I did my own install. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 131154 | 2003-04-28 09:00:00 | Your observation about me not getting an ADSL signal right away seems quite conclusive, godfather. wotz - I can confirm absolutely that there has never been a filter on the ADSL line. Peter Coleman - I live in Glenfield which is as close as you can get. Is your offer still open please ? I do have a long extension under the house, together with an adaptor before it reaches the ADSL router - could that cause a problem perhaps ? I have not had to use the very short "patch lead" - does not seem applicable in my situation - does that seem ok ? Many thanks for all your interest guys - I would have given up by now otherwise !! |
Misty (368) | ||
| 131155 | 2003-04-28 10:02:00 | 83 replies to get that extra info.....hmmm Misty, have you tried the obvious, i.e. plugging your ADSL modem into the phone socket where your "long extension lead under the house" comes from. Telephone extension leads are not always data friendly, as they tend to use flat cable and not twisted pairs. You only need to take the modem and power supply to the real socket, and see if the ADSL light indicates a signal....then you can answer the question yourself? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 131156 | 2003-04-28 10:32:00 | Thank God bk, a fellow 3com victim! I started off with a 3com adsl ethernet/usb modem with software that wouldn't load, was hell to configure (once I finally fluked a software install), then dropped the connection every five minutes . 3Com were no help at all, so in the end I sold the wretched thing and bought a Nokia Ni500 . Five minutes after getting it home I was online and haven't looked back since . Cheers Billy 8-{) :) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 131157 | 2003-04-28 10:43:00 | Any router should be able to get a DSL connection completely independent of a PC... My Nokia has all the PPP details logged into it, so that will set up a PPP session and everything without ever seeing a computer... I think we may have hit the nail on the head with this extension lead biffo... Interested to see where this goes... |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 131158 | 2003-04-29 03:53:00 | Hi Misty,drop me a line and I'll see what I can do pjlfcoleman at hotmail.com Peter |
Peter Coleman (597) | ||
| 131159 | 2003-04-29 08:57:00 | Hi godfather I tried what you suggested and took the modem/router and power supply upstairs and tried them in the 'real' socket. I wish I could say that it made a difference but unfortunately not. Power is still steady, 'ready' and ADSL flicker on and off. I have sent an email to Peter Coleman who has kindly volunteered to come around. It may be some simple thing that I am doing but in view of your comments, godfather, am inclining more to a problem with the line. The line has been tested more than once by Telecom from their end so it would have to be something this end. How does my dial-up always work fine from this location (including downstairs) however ? We do have a power line running reasonably close to the house - but that does not affect the dial-up. Maybe the jetstream starter being more sensitive picks up something ? |
Misty (368) | ||
| 131160 | 2003-04-29 09:07:00 | The dial up is not digital data, its old fashioned analogue, in the same frequency range as voice (300 Hz to 3000 Hz approx) while Jetstream uses frequencies up to 1,700,000 Hz as a "spread spectrum" digital signal. Hence what works for one doesn't mean it will work for another. Thats what the filters are for, to stop ordinary telephone apparatus from absorbing the high frequencies used by Jetstream. And why the Jetstream ADSL modem connection must not be blocked by any filter. It does indeed look like you have not got any ADSL signal arriving at the phone socket in that case. We wait with interest to see what Peter can find. This raises an interesting issue, that if one moved into a house and had Jetstream connected and did a self install, without knowing that a previous occupier had a full install done for Jetstream. Unless they knew which socket was unfiltered they would have a few problems just like this? |
godfather (25) | ||
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