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| Thread ID: 108592 | 2010-04-04 01:52:00 | Adding a phone jack - how | Morgenmuffel (187) | PC World Chat |
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| 872598 | 2010-04-04 01:52:00 | Hi all we currently have 2 phone jacks in our house, i am at one end of the house and have a phone extension cable running virtually the length of the house to where the computer is. As the kids and wife continually trip over this I need to replace it I would prefer to have a jackpoint in this room but I am unsure of how to wire it up, is there a NZ guide somewhere, or pointers would be appreciated |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 872599 | 2010-04-04 02:20:00 | Where is your router it would be better to run an Ethernet cable under the house and move the outer if it's by the PC | gary67 (56) | ||
| 872600 | 2010-04-04 02:21:00 | Dick Smith have a guide: www.dse.co.nz |
somebody (208) | ||
| 872601 | 2010-04-04 02:51:00 | Stay with your idea of a phone extension. Unfortunately, due to Murphy's Law of broadband connections, one of these days you'll need to talk to your ISP about a fault and it's almost essential to have telephone, modem/router, PC, monitor, power switch etc all within reach to allow you to answer their questions and try their suggestions. Make sure you use a genuine phone installation cable - at least Cat 3 or similar, with solid copper wires. Some hardware stores may try to sell you the stranded phone extension cable - not suitable for the slots inside the phone wall socket. |
coldot (6847) | ||
| 872602 | 2010-04-04 03:53:00 | Have a look at one of your existing phone jacks. Most probably they are BT (British Telecom) type jacks. If you open one you will see that two wires are used (the colour coding is immaterial - just use same colour to same colour) and you will see that they are wired to terminals two and five. Simply wire each extra jack the same. For the extension jack you require a secondary phone jack. Places such as DSE sell them. Simple. When you buy a phone jack, ask for the tool to insert the wire into the terminals. Do not poke them in with a screwdriver (tempting) as that can ruin the terminal. Coldot has some good advice. You should not have too many problems. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 872603 | 2010-04-04 04:18:00 | Stay with your idea of a phone extension. Unfortunately, due to Murphy's Law of broadband connections, one of these days you'll need to talk to your ISP about a fault and it's almost essential to have telephone, modem/router, PC, monitor, power switch etc all within reach to allow you to answer their questions and try their suggestions. Make sure you use a genuine phone installation cable - at least Cat 3 or similar, with solid copper wires. Some hardware stores may try to sell you the stranded phone extension cable - not suitable for the slots inside the phone wall socket. Whats wrong with the corded phone that I have allows me to be in front of the PC and be on the net, an Ethernet extension is better than a phone ext as it doesn't degrade the signal as much if at all |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 872604 | 2010-04-04 05:12:00 | No problem having modem/router remote from PC, so long as you don't mind swmbo or kids unplugging modem to do the ironing, plug in the game box power supply, toaster etc while you're downloading. And when the ISP support guru says "which lights on your modem are flashing?" you can run fast back to the other end of the house and check modem under the kitchen bench and quickly dash back in time to answer his next question about "have you logged in to your modem now and what does it say on the screen?" Actually I agree with the concept of ethernet to cover the distance, but nevertheless in many situations it's more practical with all the equipment together on (or under) the same desk. I've tried both ways and for the length of my home it didn't make any difference. Anyway he now has enough answers to decide for himself. |
coldot (6847) | ||
| 872605 | 2010-04-04 06:10:00 | Wireless phone :D | Nomad (952) | ||
| 872606 | 2010-04-04 09:32:00 | IIRC you need the blue-white pair on normal phone cable, and on the back side of the jack, there should be two blocks with three slots, just 'attach' (I forget the proper term) the blue wire to the central slot on one side, the white wire to the central slot on the other side. It usually doesn't make a difference if you get them round the wrong way (I'm sure I'll get a flaming for that). IME it just works, only problem I've seen arise from them being round wrong is slightly slower dialup. Be careful though, they are live wires, seen a few sparks fly from phone cables before. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 872607 | 2010-04-04 09:43:00 | Be careful though, they are live wires, seen a few sparks fly from phone cables before. It's only 48V or something similar to that though isn't it? |
somebody (208) | ||
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