ADSL filter question

Wossi · 21 Jul 2009 at 14:29

Got my O2 modem yesterday ready for connection tomorrow but have a quick question about the ADSL filters that came with it. The master socket is in the hallway and the modem will be plugged in a different room. Is there a problem with doing this or am I going to have to faff around with wiring and wotnot?

I assumed all I do is plug the ADSL filter into the socket in the room where the modem is going and hook it up that way leaving the telephone plugged in as is in the master socket.

Can someone let me know either way please?

Thanks.

Daegan · 21 Jul 2009 at 14:50

Microfilters filter out the ADSL signal, so normal telephone calls can be made. You need to plug a microfilter into the master socket, then connect the phone to that. You only need a microfilter in the room where the modem is going if you'll also be connecting a telephone to that extension.

Wossi · 21 Jul 2009 at 14:54

So, microfilter into main socket with the phone plugged in, then the modem just plugged into the socket in the living room?

I was looking around the net about this and a few sites reckon the modem should be plugged into the master socket for the best speed, but the other socket is only a couple of feet away so shouldn't make too much of a difference right?

tolien · 21 Jul 2009 at 14:59

It depends how good the cable is. Is the extension socket wired into the master socket then?

Wossi · 21 Jul 2009 at 15:04

tolien said:
It depends how good the cable is. Is the extension socket wired into the master socket then?

I'm about 99% certain it is.

tolien · 21 Jul 2009 at 15:10

If you only have the modem connected to the extension, you don't really need a filter (other than the modem will have an RJ11 connector which won't connect to the extension socket). You will need one on the master socket for the phone though.

Wossi · 21 Jul 2009 at 15:23

Cool, will get everything ready tonight then so I just have a couple of things to plug in tomorrow then.

Thanks.