Questions about spliters/filters etc.

[Freak_c]

I have a different situation! I have ADSL at home and told them to install it at two places (1 in the lounge for phone there, and the other in the study with computer and another phone). Anyway each box that is on the wall has 2 ports/jacks for the phone or whatever to be connected. I think its a splitter so you can have fax/adsl/and phone in one.

Now the filter is for the adsl and phone right, to clear the noise?

I have the router connected directly to the wall and my phone also direcctly to the wall but it's in the port above. only sometimes do i get crackerling on the line.

Do i really need to have the filter on??

 

[Dennis]

you need a filter on every device(phones,faxes) except your router witch connects directly to the line.


Cheers Dennis

 

[bullfrog]

Filter as in that little box that you plug into the wall for the phone, that you get with the router? aka pots filter

If it's that then you need it plugged into the wall and the phone connects to that.
wall>filter>phone
and the router directly to wall.
wall>router

You would need the filters on both lines with phones connected. This is to prevent interference on the line because you have the router and voice on the line. It basically filters out the frequencies that the router uses for adsl.

You explanation is a bit unclear so if I'm not talking about same thing, then sorry.

 

[Surv0]

Spot on bullfrog

 

[Freak_c]

Shot Bullfrog

So just to double check the router doesn't have to go through the filter as there is a connection for it. eg wall/filter/phone+router.

Or is this thing something different?

 

[jacobstone]

That's correct, the filter is also there so that your phone doesn't cause your router to lose synchronization.

Just use it and don't be difficult

 

[bullfrog]

It's important that you plug the router directly into the wall and not into a filter. The filter will filter out frequencies the router needs to function if you plug it into a filter.

Basically voice devices (analog) need to go through filters and data devices must not go through filters.
Data device: Router
Voice/analog devies: Phone, fax and modem.

Not "doesn't have to", but MUST NOT go though filter, the router that is