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| 390307 | 2005-09-23 08:32:00 | Have just got xtra broadband but find their phone in help desk impossible to talk to anyone (and lousy music!) Have connected it OK and its working BUT we only have one phone jack with the computer two rooms away.This was fine when it was just dial-up as we just used a long phone extension cord.How ever with broad band does the filter coming of the phone jack have to have the adsl cable substituting for the old extension cable or can I use the old extension phone cable with a double phone adaptor and put another filter on the end of the phone extension cable to plug the adsl lead to the computer? I'm thinking I need a longer adsl cable as the internet connection cuts out when we use the phone (can you get one about 15 metres long?) and one last question-How do you disconnect the broadband when you've finished your session on the net? but you want to carry on using the computer for other things. As you can see I'm a real computer whiz. Any help appreciated,cheers,clod :) |
Clod (7853) | ||
| 390308 | 2005-09-23 08:37:00 | Thats the point of having broadband - its always connected . You cant disconnect it unless u turn the pc off . Unless, u have one of those DSE modems, that has the option to disconnect . Know nothing else about what goes where, I dont have broadband myself . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 390309 | 2005-09-23 09:11:00 | Have just got xtra broadband but find their phone in help desk impossible to talk to anyone (and lousy music!) Have connected it OK and its working BUT we only have one phone jack with the computer two rooms away . This was fine when it was just dial-up as we just used a long phone extension cord . How ever with broad band does the filter coming of the phone jack have to have the adsl cable substituting for the old extension cable or can I use the old extension phone cable with a double phone adaptor and put another filter on the end of the phone extension cable to plug the adsl lead to the computer? I'm thinking I need a longer adsl cable as the internet connection cuts out when we use the phone (can you get one about 15 metres long?) and one last question-How do you disconnect the broadband when you've finished your session on the net? but you want to carry on using the computer for other things . As you can see I'm a real computer whiz . Any help appreciated,cheers,clod :) hi I've got an adsl connection running off a long telephone extension cable with the supplied telecom filter and adsl cable attached to the end of it . Seems to work ok, havent heard of any problems regarding the phone usage . If you want to disconnect your puter from the net physically then yank the plug out of the modem; power or phone cable :thumbs: |
kumaraguy (4464) | ||
| 390310 | 2005-09-23 09:16:00 | Hi, Today Telecom told me that they dont like anythingover 2 mtrs from filter to adsl modem/router. It is certainly easy to cut the communications. Unplug the modem if external or unplug the cable. Piva |
piva (3796) | ||
| 390311 | 2005-09-23 09:56:00 | I seem to sense a confusion over how the filter is connected. ONLY the phone connects to the filter. So normally a double adapter is used, phone connected to filter is connected to one outlet of the adapter, the adsl modem directly to the other outlet of the adapter using the cable supplied with the router/modem. Now if that cable isn't long enough, a telephone extension lead could be tried, but these are usually just parallel wires, not twisted pairs, and the adsl signal could be attenuated as a result. A twisted pair acts as a transmission line with very much less losses. So, if the extension lead causes problems, a length of CAT5 ethernet cable with the appropriate plugs on each end would need to be made up. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 390312 | 2005-09-23 10:21:00 | I got 2 double filters that comes with my D-Link adsl modem (Model DSL-302G) This modem also has an option to disconnect when not use for internet connection. Also if the modem is connected via ethernet...just disable the ethernet adapter by going to device manager and under network adapters. Disable |
Mr Wetzyl (362) | ||
| 390313 | 2005-09-23 11:07:00 | Yes, as Terry says, there is much confusion about ADSL . It was new to me when I switched from Ultra satellite to Ihug Blink recently . I was concerned as many years ago, I had wired very many jackpoints in the house, and the point near the PC was some way from the house line entry . I expected problems . But not so . As Terry says every phone needs a filter in line between the phone & jackpoint . Easy . They just plug into the line . And as he says, the connection to the ADSL modem is direct . No filters involved . And so Clod, for your purpose, possibly a long phone extension cable from the jackpoint to the ADSL modem should work . Well, they do for me . No cables are twisted pairs in the house, or even the one supplied with the modem . Good Luck . . |
Bazza (407) | ||
| 390314 | 2005-09-23 11:11:00 | I seem to sense a confusion over how the filter is connected. ONLY the phone connects to the filter. So normally a double adapter is used, phone connected to filter is connected to one outlet of the adapter, the adsl modem directly to the other outlet of the adapter using the cable supplied with the router/modem. Now if that cable isn't long enough, a telephone extension lead could be tried, but these are usually just parallel wires, not twisted pairs, and the adsl signal could be attenuated as a result. A twisted pair acts as a transmission line with very much less losses. So, if the extension lead causes problems, a length of CAT5 ethernet cable with the appropriate plugs on each end would need to be made up. Yes, that was the other option; to place the modem at the phone socket and use a longer ethernet cable to reach the computer but we weren't able to baby proof it so gave the extension a try. |
kumaraguy (4464) | ||
| 390315 | 2005-09-23 20:31:00 | Yes, as Terry says, there is much confusion about ADSL. It was new to me when I switched from Ultra satellite to Ihug Blink recently. I expected problems. But not so. As Terry says every phone needs a filter in line between the phone & jackpoint. Easy. They just plug into the line. Good Luck.. You only need filters if the line was not split at the point at which it enters the house. If it is split properly then the flitering will already be in place and there will be seperate sockets for the phones and the modem. As for extension lines. We once used a 20 metre phone extension lead to take the line out to the garage so we could play game online games out there one day with 4 of us online at once with no issues what so ever. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 390316 | 2005-09-23 21:07:00 | When I had adsl, I used it with a 7 metre long phone extension cord with no problems. :thumbs: | Nyuuji (5460) | ||
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