Another 'what do I need question'

Current setup:

I have Home Highway.
There's an ethernet connection from the HH box to my 3com router/modem combo
in the loft.
That box has four RJ45 outputs.
They go to 3 PC's and one Xbox.
This all works fine.

When Mr BT comes along for my HH installation I want to swap the combo
router thing, for the ADSL equivalent box, and plug the PC's back in.

What I don't know is what is physically installed by BT for the ADSL
installation. Is there an equivalent to the HH box with and RJ45 connection?
(Life's not that easy is it?)

If not, what do they install, where do they install it, and how do I connect
up to the router?

Finally, I don't really want to use BT, but it's £50 to have them remove HH
if I want to use Nildram? Are they THAT bad????? (I know they're expensive)

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:24:54 -0000, in uk.comp.home-networking "SteveO"
<(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:

>Current setup:
>
>I have Home Highway.
>There's an ethernet connection from the HH box to my 3com router/modem combo
>in the loft.
>That box has four RJ45 outputs.
>They go to 3 PC's and one Xbox.
>This all works fine.
>
>When Mr BT comes along for my HH installation I want to swap the combo
>router thing, for the ADSL equivalent box, and plug the PC's back in.
>
Good plan, you never know, it might work!

>What I don't know is what is physically installed by BT for the ADSL
>installation. Is there an equivalent to the HH box with and RJ45 connection?
>(Life's not that easy is it?)
>
There is but whether you get it installed or not is a different
matter. If not you want a faceplate splitter. This gives you two
sockets on your master socket. 1 filtered BT socket for phones and 1
unfiltered RJ45 for ADSL modems. This splitter will also filter all
your existing extension sockets, (if there are any).

http://www.clarity.it/acatalog/ADSL_Installation.html
(First item on the page).

>If not, what do they install, where do they install it, and how do I connect
>up to the router?
>
Anything could happen, it's BT! They may fit a faceplate filter for
you but if not, you know what to do.
...

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.