microfilter placement

Hi,

I'm trying to setup my ADSL modem and seem to be having trouble with
the placement of my microfilters (as my PC is in a room upstairs, I
have a long regular phone extension lead going up the stairs). Here
is my current setup:

|
|
Socket---Splitter--+---Telephone
| |
| |
+---ExtensionLead---56K Modem--PC

Obviously I would like to replace the 56K modem with the ADSL modem,
and this works fine when I remove the splitter & telephone from the
equation and put the microfilter at the end of the extension, thus:

|
Socket---Extension----Microfilter----ADSL Modem---PC
|

But call me old-fashioned but I would like to have a telephone...my
mum gets worried when i don't call :-)

So can anyone suggest a schema for placing the microfilters in the
first scenario?

Thanks muchly in advance,
Mick

On 23 Dec 2003 01:59:17 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (Mick Hodgson)
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to setup my ADSL modem and seem to be having trouble with
>the placement of my microfilters (as my PC is in a room upstairs, I
>have a long regular phone extension lead going up the stairs). Here
>is my current setup:
>
>|
>|
>Socket---Splitter--+---Telephone
>| |
>| |
> +---ExtensionLead---56K Modem--PC
>
>Obviously I would like to replace the 56K modem with the ADSL modem,
>and this works fine when I remove the splitter & telephone from the
>equation and put the microfilter at the end of the extension, thus:
>
>|
>Socket---Extension----Microfilter----ADSL Modem---PC
>|
>
>But call me old-fashioned but I would like to have a telephone...my
>mum gets worried when i don't call :-)
>
>So can anyone suggest a schema for placing the microfilters in the
>first scenario?

You need two microfilters - one for the socket immediately before the
telephone and one for the socket at the end of the extension lead.

--
Hiram Hackenbacker

Hiram

I though the idea of the filter was to stop the ADSL signal interfering with
the telephone, so unless Mick wants to use a telephone on the extension lead
after the splitter, he only needs one filter?

thus

Socket---Splitter--+-Microfilter--Telephone
|
|
+---ExtensionLead---ADSL Modem---PC

Regards, Mike


"Hiram Hackenbacker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 23 Dec 2003 01:59:17 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (Mick Hodgson)
> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm trying to setup my ADSL modem and seem to be having trouble with
> >the placement of my microfilters (as my PC is in a room upstairs, I
> >have a long regular phone extension lead going up the stairs). Here
> >is my current setup:
> >
> >|
> >|
> >Socket---Splitter--+---Telephone
> >| |
> >| |
> > +---ExtensionLead---56K Modem--PC
> >
> >Obviously I would like to replace the 56K modem with the ADSL modem,
> >and this works fine when I remove the splitter & telephone from the
> >equation and put the microfilter at the end of the extension, thus:
> >
> >|
> >Socket---Extension----Microfilter----ADSL Modem---PC
> >|
> >
> >But call me old-fashioned but I would like to have a telephone...my
> >mum gets worried when i don't call :-)
> >
> >So can anyone suggest a schema for placing the microfilters in the
> >first scenario?
>
> You need two microfilters - one for the socket immediately before the
> telephone and one for the socket at the end of the extension lead.
>
> --
> Hiram Hackenbacker

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, "public mike" wrote:

>I though the idea of the filter was to stop the ADSL signal interfering with
>the telephone, so unless Mick wants to use a telephone on the extension lead
>after the splitter, he only needs one filter?

Yes, that's true, and a few (eg the Dabsvalue) routers come with a BT plug
rather than RJ11, but it is fairly common to have a filter by the ADSL kit
and for convenience to speak while using the computer, perhaps makes sense
to have a phone (also avoids rushing down the stairs to answer the phone,
perhaps tripping if you've had a liquid lunch :-) Peter M.

public mike wrote:

> Hiram
>
> Socket---Splitter--+-Microfilter--Telephone
> |
> |
> +---ExtensionLead---ADSL Modem---PC
>

This is basically what I do and it works a dream. Don't waste your money
on loads of microfilters, you only need the one in your scenario.

Anton

Just wanted to thank you guys. Worked perfectly. Seems so stupidly
simple when i look at it now, but at the time it was a case of "too
many sockets, too many plugs, sod it..have a beer instead" :-)

Cheers
Mick