Re: ADSL Over CAT5

[Jamie Whitehorn <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That should work - I'm doing almost exactly the same thing with
spookily enough almost exactly the same equipment. There is one difference
and that's the faceplate/filter locations.

Our BT line comes out in the office, with a standard faceplate with a BT
socket on it and an RJ14 socket for the ADSL line. The filter is built-in
to the faceplate (NTE-2000 I think).

>From there I run an RJ14-RJ14 cable to a spare CAT5 faceplate (wired to
568-B) in the wall next to it. That runs up to a patch-panel in Node0 in
the loft. From the patch panel I used another RJ14-RJ14 cable to run into
the Draytek 2820n. The cable distance is about 15m.

It works very well and is very solid. However we do have a good signal to
the exchange at our location - we typically get 5MB tested connection
speed, so that may well be helping.

Maybe you could filter the signal where it enters your house rather than at
the router?

HTH, Jamie


On 12 Feb 2012, at 16:46, marcrfuller wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> Anyone a telephone/adsl expert here? If so, would appreciate some
help.
>
> I have two ADSL lines into my house. One for my work, one for
personal. A BT ADSL line goes into a Vigor 2820n and a TalkTalk ADSL line
goes into a TalkTalk router. This is then plugged into WAN2 of the Draytek.
We are right in the sticks so both lines are at their maximum distance
(both sync at about 1mb down).
>
> Both come into my downstairs dining room. This is not really a good
place for them to come in and swmbo wants them moved. So, I bought two
cables that are BT Plug to RJ45. I've plugged them into each BT socket and
into adjacent CAT5 sockets. The CAT5 ports wired to 568-B.
>
> At Node0 I have line adapters going into microfilters and then into
the routers. The problem is.. the vigor is not seeing the bt line, but the
talktalk router is working fine on the talktalk adsl.
>
> I have tried swapping CAT5 ports, microfilters, adapters and cables
with no luck. It just looks like the 15-20meters from downstairs to
upstairs is a stretch too far for the BT line.
>
> So, anyone know any likely causes of trouble that would cause the ADSL
signal to be lost in such a short distance?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
>



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