Wiring and disconnects.

[Slyder]

Hi there, i'm having a few annoying problems with my connection. Whenever someone calls this home line, my router loses Synch for a few minutes.

Firstly, my connection connects 3 desktop PC's to a router. The router is connected by a ADSL cable to the DSL slot of the microfilter. The microfilter goes inside the master socket wall plug. Here's what i think might be the problem, there is a connecting plug that should go inside the Phone socket of the microfilter.

Seeing as my house is on two levels, me being on the top, i need to use this socket that has a wire going upstairs to another phone (I think.) for it to work.


Phone upstairs
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[       ] Weird socket thing.
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||    | |= = = = = = = = = Phone on bottom
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||  < Goes into Microfilter's Phone slot.     
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[            ]  Wall socket.
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I'm not exactly sure what this socket is, but it's needed for the above phone line to work, and i'm trying to see if that might be what is causing the frequent d/cs.

I've had a problem with synching before, but that was because of the old extension box i was using. I removed that and got a longer ADSL line which now directly connects to that microfilter.

What could i try to do to fix this problem, anyone know more info about this socket that is needed?

Thanks ~ Ray

[Rik]

Could you post a photo of the socket, that might give us a clue. If the phone causes problems with ADSL, it suggests that it's not filtered.

[Supanova]

is the wierd socket thing an ADSL filter? iv noticed things tend to go wrong when you filter the same line more than once.

[Lance]

I'm also not sure from your diagram where your router is? If you have a long ADSL lead between your router and the socket, this could be picking up some noise.

[Slyder]

Here you go, taken on a phone so it might not be so clear~

black line is connected to the phone. The weird socket thing is the one connected into the master socket, and the white ADSL in the filter goes to my router

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w32/TouchFace/Image004.jpg

[Lance]

Does the cable which appears to be on the right hand side of the socket feed into it at all?

It looks like a NTE5 type socket, with the faceplace removed.

It might not help that the socket is right next to a power socket - but there is nothing whih can be done about that!

I can't remember, have you considered moving the router to the master socket (where the BT line come's into the house) and connection wirelessly to the three PC's?

[Rik]

black line is connected to the phone. The weird socket thing is the one connected into the master socket, and the white ADSL in the filter goes to my router

That looks like a doubler to me, typically fitted by Sky installers. In which case, whatever is connected to that is unfiltered, which fits with the symptoms you describe.

[Supanova]

I have those doubling 'plug in socket things' too, in fact i have 2 joined together to split 3 ways all together. No problems with it. It could easily be faulty if its been there a while ( it is, after all, hanging out of a hole).

Mine not fitted by sky or anything as we have nothing like that. Just there to be able to have all phones connected to that socket.

[Rik]

These doublers are often wired with poor quality cable, and will add noise to a system. It would be worth seeing what happened to your sync speed if you connected with them unplugged.

In Slyder's case, however, I'm wondering whether there is something connected to the end of that doubler which is not filtered.

[Slyder]

ah, it's a doubler is it @_@
So you're suggesting that the wire going Upwards in that picture (from the doubler) is connected to something that isn't filtered? If so, i could add a filter upstairs and see if that makes a difference. Thanks~

[Rik]

I'm guessing, but it certainly looks like it and it would fit your symptoms perfectly.