Q&A: Moving Modem to another room with filter problems?
Question by computerwizard145: Moving Modem to another room with filter problems?
Ok I have my DSL modem, Wireless Router, and Slingbox networked in my home office. The slingbox is connected to my home office tv. But I would like to move all of these equipment to my living room so I can plug into the PS3, TV, and Sat Box. Anyway I have tried moving the modem myself (which I know how to do). I move the filter and everything with it. But when I hook it up to the phone line behind the tv cabinet it doesnt work. I Think it is because when the man from Bellsouth installed my modem and such he put one underground filter on my house so I would not have trouble with filters on all my phones. I had a filter on home office though because that was originally the garage and it did not run. So I had an underground filter and a sub filter at my desk with my modem. But when I move it I have to plug it up to the phone line with the underground filter while using the sub filter with it. When I do this I can't connect to the internet though. Is it because it is running through two filters? What do I need to do to get around this so I can move my modem to my living room.
Best answer:
Answer by Dimo J
Filters and splitters block the DSL signal to keep hissy noise off the telephone line. DSL will not work through a filter.
PhoneLine - NID Splitter ----- DSL Modem
. . . . . . . . . . . . .\----- All other phone jacks
Sounds like you have a Splitter at your Network Interface (where the telephone line meets the house.) This is good, it gives higher DSL speeds as the DSL signal only goes to one jack rather than being spread to several jacks.
At that underground filter there should be a connection marked DATA that is connected to your present DSL jack. There should be a connection marked VOICE that is connected to all of your other phones.
To move your modem, first move the wire on the DATA connection to the VOICE connection, all the wires on the VOICE, nothing on the DATA. This will filter the line to the garage.
Next, find the wires going to the living room jack.
If you have several wires tied down on the VOICE connection simply plug a cordless phone into the living room jack you wish to use and take the set out to the underground and lift wires one at a time until you lose the dial tone to that jack. Move that wire to the DATA connection.
If you have a single cable with blue, orange, green, brown pairs pick an unused color and tie to the DATA connection, open the living room jack you wish to use and connect the jack to that same color pair.
You should be able to plug your modem into the living room jack and get DSL Sync.
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