modem question

[Deal_With_It]

If you have Verison DSL activated through your phone line, does it matter where you place the modem?
I initially had the modem connected to the kitchen phone jack, after relocating it to the upstairs bedroomm there is no longer a DSL signal.
Any ideas why the relocation doesn't work would be welcome

 

[moon5leg]

If you have Verison DSL activated through your phone line, does it matter where you place the modem?
I initially had the modem connected to the kitchen phone jack, after relocating it to the upstairs bedroomm there is no longer a DSL signal.
Any ideas why the relocation doesn't work would be welcome

Chances are yes, it matters. Verizon most likely installed a splitter on the outside of your house that separates the DSL signal from voice signals and routes the DSL signal to the one jack that was working. It's pretty standard for the signal not to be available at all jacks in the house and to separated because other devices (phones, fax machines, etc.) are known to cause interference with the DSL signal. Using the splitter and sending the signal to only one jack can help to give you a much better DSL signal. Hope this helps.

 

[basher]

make sure you have all regular phones attached to the dsl fitler dongles first, esp. if you connected a phone in the kitchen.

 

[Deal_With_It]

well we figured out why there wasn't a DSL signal reaching the modem when we placed it upstairs.....my roommate accidentally placed the filter on it
But another question i have, is no matter where we place the modem, and reguardless of filters being placed on hard lines, there is stll alot of static comming through the hard lines.
DSL is active throughout the house, we allready tested individual jacks, but if we turn the modem off-the static dissapears....if we remove the modem completely-the static dissapears.
Now correct my if i'm wrong, but isn't "DSL" still active throughout the house reguardless if the modem is connected or not? if that is the case, then what are the chanced that the modem it'self is what is causing the static? and if so, can we just go to best buy and pick up a "better modem"?

 

[desertrat]

well we figured out why there wasn't a DSL signal reaching the modem when we placed it upstairs.....my roommate accidentally placed the filter on it
But another question i have, is no matter where we place the modem, and reguardless of filters being placed on hard lines, there is stll alot of static comming through the hard lines.
DSL is active throughout the house, we allready tested individual jacks, but if we turn the modem off-the static dissapears....if we remove the modem completely-the static dissapears.
Now correct my if i'm wrong, but isn't "DSL" still active throughout the house reguardless if the modem is connected or not? if that is the case, then what are the chanced that the modem it'self is what is causing the static? and if so, can we just go to best buy and pick up a "better modem"?

I have the same problem with the noise. I don't think it was there when I initially got the unit (by the way Verizon didn't install any "splitter" on the outside of the house) so I think you might be correct in thinking the modem has a problem. Let me know how it goes will you? It doesn't bother me enough to fix it unless its cheap and easy.

 

[basher]

well we figured out why there wasn't a DSL signal reaching the modem when we placed it upstairs.....my roommate accidentally placed the filter on it
But another question i have, is no matter where we place the modem, and reguardless of filters being placed on hard lines, there is stll alot of static comming through the hard lines.
DSL is active throughout the house, we allready tested individual jacks, but if we turn the modem off-the static dissapears....if we remove the modem completely-the static dissapears.
Now correct my if i'm wrong, but isn't "DSL" still active throughout the house reguardless if the modem is connected or not? if that is the case, then what are the chanced that the modem it'self is what is causing the static? and if so, can we just go to best buy and pick up a "better modem"?

i'd try buying a better phone first, the DSL modem verizon gives you is pretty good. or you could just use your cell phones and Deal With It

 

[vanbells]

i'd try buying a better phone first, the DSL modem verizon gives you is pretty good. or you could just use your cell phones and Deal With It

Go Tito.

 

[kwillia]

Go Tito.

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[PsyOps]

DSL is a technology that uses a frequency bandwidth outside of the voice and signaling bandwidth of the regular phone line. The signal will appear on any of your phone jacks. DSL is always on. But the signal itself will not cause static on your phones. Static typically comes from a faulty piece of equipment. Does the static show up no matter which line you connect the DSL modem to? If so, you have a bad DSL modem. If not then it’s the specific line you have the DSL modem connected to. This typically would be a poorly made cable or splitter.

 

[duzzey1a]

Make sure that your landlines are behind the filters. You shouldn't hear any static after that. The filter are there to filter the static that you are hearing. That static comes from the interaction between the modem and the line.