What would be the symptoms of a dodgy filter?

espresso

aliasojo wrote: »

It does seem strange admittedly but I'm at a loss to come up with another theory.

Both routers were connected at different times during this whole saga. The Netgear went down first then I had to unplug it and use the Belkin, which worked for a day then did the same.

I can't access either of them now to input the ISP details. ADSL lights are off on both and I can't access the router screens to change anything.

You should still be able to access the routers configuration screens when connected to the PC via an Ethernet cable. If you do ipconfig /all see here, the Default Gateway is the IP address that you need to enter into your browser.

aliasojo

Will try that shortly, thanks. I still think the lack of adsl light is a problem though. It has never been out previously, even when first plugged in from new (and therefore before ISP details input at beginning).

Happy to try more things though if it saves me from buying a new one.

aliasojo

espresso....I am delighted to say I was completely wrong! I jumped to conclusions when I should have spent longer trying to sort the routers out again. Lesson learned today.

I have no idea why the light thing was the way it was......but regardless of that, the Belkin router could be accessed with the ethernet cable and is now working. It shows...

Downstream 7648

Noise margin 15.6

Attenuation 28.0

I will do the same with the Netgear also. :beer:

aliasojo

Sorry to bump this again but I have another small issue I've just discovered.

My original set up was....

Main BT cable came into house and went directly into a junction box, from this junction box was an extension cable to the master socket. This socket has been replaced over the years and is not a BT original although it is still a master.

BT engineer didn't touch the (non BT) master socket but he took out the junction box and put in a new 2 part socket (NTE5) and wired the extension (the existing non BT master) into the front plate.

Now the router will work fine on the existing master socket but it wont work on the new BT socket....the adsl light is always red.

Is this because the existing master should have been changed to a simple extension socket when the new BT one was installed? I'm assuming the new BT will actually be a master? Or might he have used something else since I had an existing master? How would I tell? Or has this got nothing to do with the router not working here and something else is the cause?

I haven't unscrewed the front plate and tried the router on the test socket (yet), that'll have to wait until tomorrow now.

Lastly, how should I wire the other extensions (3)? Should they be daisy chained...1 > 2 > 3 > 4 ...or by having them all run off the Master socket?

DatabaseError

aliasojo wrote: »

Lastly, how should I wire the other extensions (3)? Should they be daisy chained...1 > 2 > 3 > 4 ...or by having them all run off the Master socket?

Dont!
buy a set of cordless phones instead!

:beer:

aliasojo

Lol...I need to, I have Sky boxes upstairs that need to be plugged in and I've already been through the plug in wireless sender thing that works with some sky boxes and not others. I need the extensions connected.

Linbox

aliasojo wrote: »

Sorry to bump this again but I have another small issue

Lastly, how should I wire the other extensions (3)? Should they be daisy chained...1 > 2 > 3 > 4 ...or by having them all run off the Master socket?

star - that is parallel.
I have 4 extension sockets coming back to a junction box then from there into the adjacent master. You only need to connect 2 & 5 unless your telephones are quite old then youll need to connect 3 ( the ringer) as well.
In your case I would connect the extensions into the old master you probably need to change the old master to a slave socket.

HTH

Linbox

espresso

Linbox wrote: »

star - that is parallel.



What?

I have 4 extension sockets coming back to a junction box then from there into the adjacent master. You only need to connect 2 & 5 unless your telephones are quite old then youll need to connect 3 ( the ringer) as well.

You never "need to connect 3 ( the ringer) as well"

In your case I would connect the extensions into the old master you probably need to change the old master to a slave socket.

Any extensions should be wired to the lower half of the NTE5 master socket. The old master socket should be changed for a slave socket or have it's components snipped out to make it a slave.

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espresso

aliasojo wrote: »

Lastly, how should I wire the other extensions (3)? Should they be daisy chained...1 > 2 > 3 > 4 ...or by having them all run off the Master socket?

It does not matter how you connect the three extensions, as long as there is at least one fed from the lower face plate of the NTE5 master socket. Then when this is unplugged, all of your extensions will be isolated from the BT part of the master socket and BT line.