adsl help (1 Viewer)

[Newbie]

i got 1 phoneline coming out of the wall
how am i suppose to use adsl and phone at the same time?

cheers

 

[Winston]

go to tandy or dicksmith and by a phonelien splitter

its just a little adapter u plug into ur fone line which extends it so that u can have two fone line plugins.

 

[Ragerunner]

I got one of them.

It's very nifty that i can have the phone right next to the computer. Takes me approximately 1/2 a second to pick up the call and freaks the caller out

 

[Huy]

a) Central filter installed,

b) In-line filters

You will have the one line "sliced" into two connections - one high frequency ADSL line and the other standard phone line.

You need to have in-line filters installed on each device that is on the same line, because of interfererence.

These can be installed by you, so it's only $37 or so bucks.

If you don't want the ugly filters installed on each device (cordless phone, fax, etc)

then you can get a Central filter installed which you cant do yourself. You will need an electrician or telecommunications person to come out and install that at the front of your house where your box is, or underground (Im not too sure on this).


But if you want the cheaper option, you will need a central splitter to divide the line (share it) - then you need to have filters installed on each device that shares the same line, if you have one phone and one adsl modem, then it's just the one filter.

I could be wrong about all of this, as I dont know many people who have the main central filter installed, as most opt for the in-line filter (those you can see within the home, plugs from the outlet, through the filter, to your device/phone or fax).


Visit tandy or DSE like Winston has said, and get yourself a line splitter and filter (make sure your exchange is enabled for ADSL, your line has been provisioned, and you are ready to receive ADSL before you purchase your ADSL modem or buy any splitters or filters because you might not be able to receive ADSL).

 

[Newbie]

cheers winston, rage and huy

how much would one of those splitter thingys cost?
just so mr dicksmith doesnt rip me tomorrow

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by Newbie
cheers winston, rage and huy

how much would one of those splitter thingys cost?
just so mr dicksmith doesnt rip me tomorrow

Shouldn't exceed $40.

Normally $20-$35

edit
DickSmith Electronics (www.dse.com.au)
search for "central filter"

$35

D-LINK ADSL Central Filter (2519937)
Multiple Indoor Splitter, allowing connection of ADSL Modem, Fax & Telephone from a single line.

 

[wogboy]

$32 for a splitter, or $12 for a filter from Harris Technology.

http://www.ht.com.au/Scripts/xworks.exe?CAT:MDA:0:AW#Tof

Just a quick warning about inline filters, if you have a Panasonic cordless phone (not the new ones, at least about a year old), then don't get the D-Link brand filters as I've heard they have problems with the slightly older Panasonic cordless phones.

I can't verify this first hand because I have a fairly new Panasonic cordless phone (only a couple of months old) and it works fine with my D-Link ADSL filter, but this is just what I've just heard from several people. Apparently putting a D-Link filter on an older Panasonic cordless will make the telephone sound extremely quiet.

 

[Huy]

I have heard the same experiences. I know someone who has a 2.4GHz Panasonic Cordless, about a few years old, using an in-line filter and does not have any "quiet" problems - but he doesn't have a D-Link modem, which might explain why it doesn't affect him.

So either you do not buy an in-line filter if you have a Panasonic (fairly old) cordless phone, or you buy a different modem brand other than D-Link.