Re: IPlate question

In article <g92920$5v6$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, me@xxxxxxxxxxx
says...


"Steve" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My problem is that I have a Linksys wireless Gateway connected at the
end of a 20m telephone extension. My computer is connected to this via
an Ethernet cable but other computers in the house connect wirelessly.
During some times of the day it'll only stay connected for around 30
seconds before dropping. Rather than pulling this PC apart and fitting
a wireless card, I wondered if the IPlate would help...

What would you people recommend I do?

Fit a filtered faceplate and wire a pair from the
unfiltered connectors to a socket located where you
need the router. Ideally I would use an RJ11 wallplate.

If there is a phone socket in that room already and
it is wired straight back to the filtered faceplate
with (say) 3 pair cable I would the the spair pair
for this dedicated socket.
I have never had any issues doing this, but I know
some people prefer to keep the raw ADSL in
a separate cable.

That works for me, in similar installations I've done - provided the
extension wire is twisted-pair and not a flat cable extension. (I've had
one of these already installed "B&Q extension cables" which is still
working OK but...)

I'd prefer to keep the 3-pair going to the slave socket by the computer
dedecated to the ADSL supply on one of the pairs, leaving the other two
unterminated and then, if necessary, feed a local telephony device in
the computer room via a local filter. For this, I use filtered slave
sockets (ADSLnation XTF-68/85) so there is never any chance of plugging
in a phone without a dongle filter - I've had analogue modems (for fax)
pluged into the same socket as the ADSL modem, before any filter (...Oh,
I though that socket was for phones only...) I keep all the ADSL-
carrying parts terminated on RJ11s and filtered telephony parts on BT
sockets. If it can be incorrectly connected by customers, it will.

--
John W
To mail me replace the obvious with co.uk twice
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