connection type?

[Terrier_Jimlad]

Just been asked to look at my neighbour's connection ... their connection comes into the house to a socket by the door, on the socket there is a rj45 plug with "DSL" written on top, and from this a cat5 cable runs upstairs into their modem .. ok so this looks like a DSL/Cable connection?

However, if you look outside the house, a phone line runs into that socket, which then means it's an ADSL line?

Which will it be, or is this a typical ISDN line?

** confused **

The only reason she asked me was because she wants a wireless router slapping it for her kid's laptop, but looking at her setup, i'm unsure whether to get an adsl router (although there is no phone line to use) or a cable/dsl router?

anyone shed any light? from what she says, she remember there being a BT Business Line in there ...

Thanks in advance

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

The phone lines runs down the outside of the house and then in it goes, on the other side of the wall you see a face plate with DSL written on, and an RJ45 connector ... from this a cat5 cable runs up the wall, through the roof, and into the back of a BT modem/router (1 port) ... in no way are there any phone cables used insie of the house

most adsl router/modems want the internet in the back of it via a phone cable (rj11 is it) yet she doesnt have one, the only thing she has is cat5 ... if this is a pre-filtered faceplate, which kinda of router will she need?

Thanks

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

probably, it's a bit of "out in the sticks" area lol ... i've setup wireless routers for many households, but every ADSL modem/router install requires the phone line from the filter to the back of the modem/router with the small RJ11 connector, however she doesnt have one ...

Do you reckon a DSL router will work?

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

she's currently on BT mate and she's on a Voyager modem if i remember rightly ... i'll try get some pics, and i'll double check the cat5 cable is terminated on RJ11 ... i was concentrating more on sneaking a look in her bedroom than her little office (single mum who's fairly tidy i must admit) LOL ...

Will report back!