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Re: Faulty witing or jacks causing DSL issues? Thanks guys. I didn't know something like this existed. I'm assuming a model like this is the ticket?
»www.hometech.com/hts/products/wi···dsl.html
Seams simple enough, too. I'll probably just use a pair already in the cable and do a bit of rewiring to make it all work. I used to be very afraid when the tech would bust out the cable and I thought there was an elaborate combination of cables that made it all happen, but now I see it is just 2 simple wires from outside. 
Before I jump into this, just one more thing. Is there a + or - polarity on phone wiring or does it not matter? I was being very careful with my first rewiring keeping all colors consistent, but am curious if it doesn't matter at all. |
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 JahntassaWhat, I can have feathersPremium
join:2006-04-14
Conway, SC
kudos:4 | said by Flybye:Before I jump into this, just one more thing. Is there a + or - polarity on phone wiring or does it not matter? I was being very careful with my first rewiring keeping all colors consistent, but am curious if it doesn't matter at all. Unprofessional answer: There is a tip/ring to wiring phones. So there is a sort of 'polarity' to it. I can't recall for sure but I seem to think it will work even if flipped, but not every phone can handle it.
Best practice is to use Blue/BlueWhite as your primary line, and Orange/Orangewhite as secondary. Just keep it consistent throughout the house if possible.
Or Green/Red, Black/Yellow if on non-cat5. |
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netboy34
join:2001-08-29
Kennesaw, GA
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That piece woudl require you to go into the telco side of the NID as you might have older binding post vs. the newer insulation displacement/piercing ones. I wish I had a picture of it, but I kludged one out of a two port DSL filter as a friends house that was 45 minutes from anything resembling a electronics store...
They had an older NID so I plugged one end of the filter into the test jack, then took the main pair and crimped a rj-11 on it and plugged that into the phone side, and took a cat5e cable crimped another rj-11 on blue/white and ran that to the modem and crimped again. Plugged that cable into the DSL side. It was a tight fit as they only had a 3 line NID but it worked and still works to this day... I did put in some anti-oxidation gell into the jacks as a precaution |
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 bobrkYou kids get offa my lawnPremium
join:2000-02-02
San Jose, CA
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| You can also buy bits that will let you get into the phone co side of the box. I had to do this because my house was wired as a rental with 6 or 8 of those jacks, which left me no room for my splitter. I saved them all in case the phone co wants them back, but they've been into my box since and haven't said a word. I actually got complimented by the AT&T guy when he saw my setup. |
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netboy34
join:2001-08-29
Kennesaw, GA
kudos:1 | yea, but around my part of the woods, the techs get very angry if they feel anyone has tampered... so I generally stay away from that side if I have to. |
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If you're going to do a home run, you should use a separate cable for the DSL modem. You DON"T want your DSL signal to be going to the other jacks in the house.
If you use a separate pair that goes to other jacks and you use a flat 4-conductor line cord on one of those jacks, you'll introduce crosstalk onto your DSL line and cause problems.
If you can disconnect the pair used for DSL from the other parts of your phone system, that would probably be OK. |
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said by netboy34:That piece woudl require you to go into the telco side of the NID as you might have older binding post vs. the newer insulation displacement/piercing ones. I wish I had a picture of it, but I kludged one out of a two port DSL filter as a friends house that was 45 minutes from anything resembling a electronics store... They had an older NID so I plugged one end of the filter into the test jack, then took the main pair and crimped a rj-11 on it and plugged that into the phone side, and took a cat5e cable crimped another rj-11 on blue/white and ran that to the modem and crimped again. Plugged that cable into the DSL side. It was a tight fit as they only had a 3 line NID but it worked and still works to this day... I did put in some anti-oxidation gell into the jacks as a precaution You can also just open the telco side by using a small flat blade screwdriver to remove the security hex screw.
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