Hi, I've got one phone point in our living room but would like to add another in the corner for broadband internet access on a computer. I want to do it quite quickly before we lay carpets over the floorboards. Is this something I can do myself (if so how?) or should I get in an electrician? Thanks.
Or you could go wireless - wireless router =A360, wireless card =A330 or so or even bundled free if you look around - its what I did to avoid the same problem..
I think REN 4 is probably the maximum guaranteed to work within spec, rather than the real world limit, as I've gone over REN 4 before with no problem. IIRC it was REN6 as a temporary measure.
On 23 Jan 2006 00:47:51 -0800 someone who may be snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote this:-
Good. Far too many people think they can just plug an extension cable into their existing socket and then stretch it across a room or two to the modem. Often they have several adapters in the run too and then wonder why it doesn't run very fast, if it connects at all.
Possibly almost as quick (it depends on your house) is to replace the master socket with a filtered one and separate out filtered and unfiltered extensions, running an unfiltered line to a dedicated socket for your computer. You can even install a box with filtered and unfiltered sockets, which is very useful for plugging in the phone you need beside the computer as well as ADSL. This approach avoids troubles with the domestic authorities, who sometimes object to filters dangling out of every telephone socket that is in use and much prefer the neat appearance of something like that shown at
I've got 9 and two modems on my line and they all ring fine. Not the modems, obviously. 4 was the conservative restriction for old fashioned phones with bells.
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:32:53 +0000 (GMT),it is alleged that "Dave Plowman (News)" spake thusly in uk.d-i-y:
Yes, also the REN 4 is - IIRC - a worst case scenario (12 miles of 0.5 mm diameter aluminium wire from the exchange, low ringing volts, leakage on the line &c.
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