Connecting Broadband to PC Upstairs Without a Phone Point

Gambler

My Dad has finally had enough of dial up and has signed up to Post Office broadband.

The desktop pc is in the spare bedroom upstairs. This wasn't a problem with dial up as there is a telephone extension from the main BT point downstairs.

I've been trying to help him install the broadband but is it possible? It's got me stumped.

espresso

Gambler wrote: »

I've been trying to help him install the broadband but is it possible? It's got me stumped.

Why, you have a phone point in the room where the PC is located so plug it in.

uncle_buck_3

You will connect the PC to a broadband modem or router, then this will plug into the telephone point in the bedroom.

You will have to fit a filter at the telephone point, these normally come with your modem / router.

Does that answer your question?

Regards.

Gambler

but there isn't a phone point in the bedroom. I would have been fine if there had been. It's a DIY extension done many years ago. There is a slot for the old dial up modem to go in.

I tried plugging the filter in instead and then the modem. But then I don't have anything tp put in the phone slot in the filter.

espresso

Gambler wrote: »

but there isn't a phone point in the bedroom. I would have been fine if there had been. It's a DIY extension done many years ago. There is a slot for the old dial up modem to go in.

I tried plugging the filter in instead and then the modem. But then I don't have anything tp put in the phone slot in the filter.

So remove the dial up modem from the extension socket and plug in an ADSL filter. Plug the ADSL modem/router into the filter and you should still have a spare phone socket.

uncle_buck_3

You plug the filter into the phone point, then you plug a cable from the socket marked DSL on the filter to the broadband modem or router.

Then you connect the router to the PC with the cable supplied with it.

You don't have to plug anything into the phone socket of the filter ...this is for a phone should you have one in the room.

Gambler

thanks guys. This is what I tried first the other night but couldn't get the internet to connect so assumed it couldn't be done.

Went up today armed with a wireless USB adaptor but couldn't get that to work either.

Will try option 1 again and phone the helpline if no luck.

Thanks again.

uncle_buck_3

Good luck.

espresso

Have you not seen the advert on TV "I just plugged it in and phumph it was working!"

:rotfl:

Bob63

Do the Post Office supply a USB or Ethernet ADSL modem?

If it is the latter then a good option is to use a pair of HomePlug Ethernet-over-main boxes. I used this same setup for my mum whose AOL modem is now located in a different part of the house from her only BT socket in the house. I also use the same equipment at home for other reasons. Place the Ethernet modem and HomePlug device next to BT socket and put the other HomePlug device in the same room as the PC. Connect Ethernet cables (usually supplied with the HomePlug devices) to the PC and Ethernet modem and you are in business.

My recommendation would be Solwise. Buy a pair of the Homeplug Turbo devices which are about half the price of the comparable equipment in PC World and your problem will be sorted.
http://solwise.co.uk/net-powerline.htm

Gambler

espresso wrote: »

So remove the dial up modem from the extension socket and plug in an ADSL filter. Plug the ADSL modem/router into the filter and you should still have a spare phone socket.

I have some more detail on the phone setup and would be grateful for any advice.

The main BT point is in the dining room and it is a single point. It has a double adaptor so that the phone can be plugged into one socket and the phone extension into the other socket.
Q1: How do I set up the microfilter here?

There is a telephone extension point in the kitchen.
Q2: I'm guessing here that the microfilter plugs direct into the phone socket with the phone connecting to the microfilter?

There is another telephone extension point in the master bedroom. There is an extension lead plugged into this point which then goes under the carpet and into the spare bedroom with a socket on the end which was used to connect the old dial-up modem.
Q3: Do I still connect the filter as discussed above or does it have to be connected directly into the phone socket. If the latter then the ethernet cable will not reach the PC in the other room


Any help appreciated, this is doing my head in !!