Telephones tinkle 15mins after using ADSL

Subject says it all, have had ADSL for a few weeks now.

At somewhat random times during the day, and the night, out telephones
lines now tinkle. My observations though, seems to suggest it is very
likely to happen 15 minutes after I stop using my laptop to access the
internet by ADSL. My ADSL router/modem is a Netgear DG834G.

Any thoughts about case or how to remedy?

regards,
pzboyz

Does your router have an idle timeout which is dropping the line after 15
minutes? If so it could be that your filter isn't doing its job properly
and voltage changes are spilling over onto the voice line.


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Colin
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cw wrote:
> Does your router have an idle timeout which is dropping the line
after 15
> minutes? If so it could be that your filter isn't doing its job
properly
> and voltage changes are spilling over onto the voice line.
>

No, the router is configured to always stay connected. A good thought
though.

pzboyz

"pzboyz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
>
> cw wrote:
>> Does your router have an idle timeout which is dropping the line
> after 15
>> minutes? If so it could be that your filter isn't doing its job
> properly
>> and voltage changes are spilling over onto the voice line.
>>
>
> No, the router is configured to always stay connected. A good thought
> though.
>


If your router is always connected, then the 15 minute time seems curious - maybe just a coincidence.

As the other poster suggests, changing the filter may be the first, and easiest, thing to try. Are all your phones running from the
one filter or do they have a separate one for each phone ?

Do you have the latest firmware from Netgear ? I have the DG834G and find that the Beta version 2.10.17 is much more stable than the
previous one. Mine's now been connected without a hitch for over 30 days. It's at
http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/D102685.asp

Hope this helps.

pzboyz wrote:
> Subject says it all, have had ADSL for a few weeks now.
>
> At somewhat random times during the day, and the night, out telephones
> lines now tinkle. My observations though, seems to suggest it is very
> likely to happen 15 minutes after I stop using my laptop to access the
> internet by ADSL. My ADSL router/modem is a Netgear DG834G.
>
> Any thoughts about case or how to remedy?
>

This is commonly caused by the line tests run by BT exchanges once a
day, usually at night. I only became aware of it after getting ADSL, so
maybe it is turned on when the service is provisioned. It may be
possible to get it turned off.

It's possible the test is delayed if the ADSL connection is up (or active).

Vic wrote:

>
> If your router is always connected, then the 15 minute time seems curious - maybe just a coincidence.
>
> As the other poster suggests, changing the filter may be the first, and easiest, thing to try. Are all your phones running from the
> one filter or do they have a separate one for each phone ?
>

Yes they are off one filter, it is the BT faceplate adaptor from
clarity.it, so difficult to test standalone.

> Do you have the latest firmware from Netgear ? I have the DG834G and find that the Beta version 2.10.17 ....
>

Yep sure do. I read up lots before buying the 834 and installed the
latest firmware soon after setting it up.

Hmm, Still thinking on this one.

regards,
pzboyz.

Jim wrote:

> This is commonly caused by the line tests run by BT exchanges once a
> day, usually at night. I only became aware of it after getting ADSL, so
> maybe it is turned on when the service is provisioned. It may be
> possible to get it turned off.
>
> It's possible the test is delayed if the ADSL connection is up (or active).

Oh Yes well aware of this factor when I had ISDN installed, all of a
sudden my phones had a similar problem till I insisted they change the
ISDN box in my home .. then the problem went away. Also this is
happening many times per day.

Well now I have this problem again.

Something I just noticed after talking on the phone for 30mins, when I
put the phone down, I got the same tinkling noise. The ADSL had been
inactive for hours before this (the odd DOS attack excepting) as I had
been at work.

So, both ADSL and PSTN activity seem to be able to cause the phone to
tinkle.

pzboyz

pzboyz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:427bdc09$0$93742
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> So, both ADSL and PSTN activity seem to be able to cause the phone to
> tinkle.

I can't help you much with the problem, but everytime you say tingle I
get an image of a phone taking a slash..

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pzboyz wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>
>> This is commonly caused by the line tests run by BT exchanges once a
>> day, usually at night. I only became aware of it after getting
>> ADSL, so maybe it is turned on when the service is provisioned. It
>> may be possible to get it turned off.
>>
>> It's possible the test is delayed if the ADSL connection is up (or
>> active).
>
> Oh Yes well aware of this factor when I had ISDN installed, all of a
> sudden my phones had a similar problem till I insisted they change the
> ISDN box in my home .. then the problem went away. Also this is
> happening many times per day.
>
> Well now I have this problem again.
>
> Something I just noticed after talking on the phone for 30mins, when I
> put the phone down, I got the same tinkling noise. The ADSL had been
> inactive for hours before this (the odd DOS attack excepting) as I had
> been at work.
>
> So, both ADSL and PSTN activity seem to be able to cause the phone to
> tinkle.

You could have a slight earth/battery fault on your line. These have been
known to cause 'tinkle'.

The only way you may be able find out if you have is contact faults (but
don't mention ADSL) they can test your line (this may cause your ADSL
service to drop synch for a few minutes) & they should be able to tell from
that.

If they do say there is a problem & arrange for an engineer to visit, once
again don't mention ADSL or the apparent link between the to & just let him
get on with it.

If you do mention ADSL the chances are they'll slap a visit charge on you &
you'll see the tyres burning as they take off down the road...

HTH

B-)

"pzboyz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote...
> Yes they are off one filter, it is the BT faceplate adaptor
> from clarity.it, so difficult to test standalone.

I am using the same BT faceplate adaptor with a Netgear DG834GT router.
My phones also 'tinkle' occasionally when ADSL is connected. I'm pretty
sure they did the same before I got the router, when I was using an
internal PCI ADSL card.