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**John D.W.** · #10 July 4th 08, 11:30 AM posted to uk.telecom.broadband

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In your situation, I should (temporarily?) connect your router (via a
filter) to the test socket behind the lower plate of the NTE.
If that makes a significant improvement in performance, consider fitting
a NTE filter and running a separate RJ11 up to your bedroom.
Maplin or CPC sell long RJ11 cables. No need to be ripped off in PC W****d

I agree with this approach with one proviso - don't use a normal "flat"
RJ11 extension cable.

The OP should look at fitting a master socket faceplate filter of the
type that has a through connection from the back of the faceplate,
allowing the unfiltered ADSL signal to be connected pernamently e.g.
ADLnation XTE2005. Then connect the current twisted-pair phone cable to
the bedroom computer to the straight through connection and all the rest
of the home wiring to the filtered connection. This will remove the
ADSL signal from all the house wiring at the master socket, except on
the cable to the computer. This cable should only connect the A and B
wires to a single, twisted pair, with *no* other wires connected. The
socket in the bedroom should then be replaced with an RJ11 type so it
won't accept a dumb telephone, or with a filtered socket (e.g. XTF85),
if a local phone/fax modem is needed.

I find this to be much better than trying to run a plain RJ11 or a phone
extension cable, especially where this isn't twisted pair, all the way
back to the master socket's RJ11 ADSL socket. If you do want to use an
extension cable, you can get twisted pair RJ11s which do work - I've
even improved installations replacing only the cheap, flat RJ11 cable
supplied with the modem/router. It's (not) suprising the noise picked up
by this standard "ADSL modem" cable between the wall socket and the
modem/router, especaily when it is simply dropped down the back of the
computer with all the other noisy cables...

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John W
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