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

 

[tolien]

It's either xDSL or cable, not "DSL/cable" - that's just a crappy way for router manufacturers to indicate that their router will work with anything because it doesn't have a modem.

Does she know who her ISP is? It sounds like ADSL with a filtered faceplate.

 

[mejinks]

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

Are you positive its a CAT5 cable? Does it go straight into a network card on the back of the PC, or does it go into some sort of adsl router/modem? Can you take some pics for us? (Of the cabling, although if your neighbour is quite hot....)

You can run ADSL over old ISDN lines, but Im sure in there somewhere will be a modem.

 

[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

 

[Teal]

This sounds like one of the 'long line' solutions.

When BT extended the line length limits they were using engineer installed CAT5 face plates in some cases

 

[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?

 

[Teal]

What is the make and model of her current modem?

Are you sure the cable going into the modem is terminated on RJ45?

If it is then the odds are it isn't ADSL as the BT long line solution used CAT5 but terminated on RJ11 from memory.

Worst case, do a tracert from the PC and see who the ISP is if she can't remember who they pay each month.

Can also try things like speedtest.bt.com as that will not work if the line isn't on IPStream. (trouble is it doesn't always work even if they are )

Can also check her IP address and look on RIPE.

 

[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!