Broadband Setup

[Darth_Spud]

Hi guys, I’m setting up Wanadoo broadband for a mate of mine and he has a really confusing telephone setup. I’m not sure exactly where I’m supposed to put the filters. I have drawn a rough sketch of the layout of the system and I’m not sure if Broadband will actually work with all the extension cables he has (see pic)



Also the light on the modem hasn’t stopped blinking yet but it’s been 2 weeks since he received his modem pack. I have checked with Wanadoo and they say the line is activated. So I installed a programme called Dr Speed Touch which came with the modem software and it identified the problem as no TCP/IP installed on the machine. I find this unlikely as there is a new install of XP Home on his machine with all the newest updates. Could it be that there is no TCP/IP support on the machine or is it something to do with the way the telephone system is set up????? Cheers for any input on this.

[jonathan_phang]

I'd put the filter on the BT box if you can, as then the signal will have been filtered, no matter what extension is used. Well, thats what I;d presum would happen. Also, i'm sure that Broadbad wont actually work without the microfilters added on the line, so that may be the problem.

Hope you get on ok with it

JP

[Allen]

I don't think you can run everything off of one filter, so putting it on the "BT Box" won't work. You'll need 3 filters, one for the phone downstairs, one for Sky and the other can go upstairs as the filter can supply both the phone and the computer at the same time.

:edit: You may even get away with 2 by just putting one after the BT Box and then using a splitter for the phone and the Sky box, try it first though.