Broadband wiring help.
However during a recent engineer visit, he changed the setup so the broadband and phone have been separated, the implications of which escaped me at the time.
I do not want to run a separate adsl cable from the master socket to the upstairs router as this will involve lifting carpets and floorboards which I really don't want to do. So at the moment I've had to move the router downstairs so don't have internet on the desktop which needs to stay upstairs.
Is there any gadget or gizmo which will allow me to recombine the adsl and phone so I can go back to using the phone extension wire that I was using previously?
Thanks
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Hi,
is the phone line wired in?
maybe a double filter would work.
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Why not have your router near the master socket and use WiFi or Homeplugs to get the connection upstairs?
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Why not have your router near the master socket and use WiFi or Homeplugs to get the connection upstairs?
Don't thinkmy desktop does wifi, and I don't know what a Homeplug does. I'm not with BT if that makes a difference.
Double filter didn't work.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
Don't thinkmy desktop does wifi, and I don't know what a Homeplug does. I'm not with BT if that makes a difference.
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just get a USB WIFI adapter for your desktop.
Cheap as chips £3.99 inc delivery
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MINI-USB-150MBPS-WIFI-WIRELESS-ADAPTOR-802-11-B-G-N-LAN-NETWORK-DONGLE-ADAPTER-/400773817250?hash=item5d4ffb23a2:g:WIkAAOSwT5tWGENP0 -
How do the home plugs work?All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
How do the home plugs work?
Job done (well, there may be some very simple setup required).
So long as both sockets the Homeplugs are plugged into are on the same ring main, which they almost certainly will be in a typical house, they should work fine and will give a good connection. Particularly useful where WiFi can be hampered by obstacles such as thick walls between the router and the computer.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the In My Home MoneySaving, Energy and Techie Stuff boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.
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looks like the engineer has fitted a VDSL/ADSL frontplate on your NTE5
if you don't want it take it off, it is plug in and is only secured by two screws
www.run-it-direct.co.uk/btvdslfaceplate
that is a link to show what the engineer has fitted
if you remove the two pozi screws in the bottom of the front plate the bottom section should pull off and then the VDSL/ADSL front plate will come off leaving the back box and the NTE5 refit the bottom front plate to this and then go back to using your router upstairs using an old style ADSL filter
take care when removing the front plate as your extension wiring to the upstairs socket will be terminated to the back of the face plate0 -
As above, remove the faceplate and plug the extension straight into the unfiltered socket.Changing the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.0
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I would be very careful pulling out the bottom of the two plugs as the outer sheath has pulled off the inner wires. Do you have a replacement for this?0
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