broadband and telephone wiring

[John W]

Hi all,

possibly a daft question this, but thought I\'d ask anyway.

Is there any performance difference to connecting an ADSL modem before / after the comfort panel ?

Our current setup has our comfort panel as the first thing on the telephone line as suggested in the installation guide.
Following the master socket on the \'bt line out\' from the comfort panel we have a patch panel which covers all network and telephone sockets in the house. The feed for the ADSL modem is plugged into the line coming into this patch panel.

I\'m wondering if I might get a better download speed if it were plugged straight into the first master socket.

Cheers,
    John.

 

[schford]

Only way to be sure is to try it but I would have thought you would definatly see a speed increase.

Incidentally the manual I have shows the ADSL modem before the comfort alarm.

Example of speed increase - I used to have my adsl modem plugged into an extenion socket and synched at 5.5 MB I got BT to put a new master socket in and connected my ADSL router straight to that and now synchs at 8mb!

[palmlodge]

I would suggest terminbating the DSL signal at the master socket, then take the extension feed into the patch panel. If you have a standard NTE5, you can just buy the DSL faceplate - no need for filters on any other socket with this method (ie on anything connected to your patch panel). The DSL signal stops at the master socket. http://solwise.co.uk/adsl_splitters-faceplates.htm


and don\'t forget to NOT connect the ringer wire (wire3) for best adsl performance  - you only require 2 and 5

[schford]

Thanks for the handy hint - I had done this at my old house but for some reaosn completely forgot about it!

[John W]

thanks people.
8mb, I wish I was getting that !!

Having tried my modem plugged in before and after, with or without filter, it made bugger all difference.

My reason for checking this was due to exceptionally slow connection. wait for it - 120kbps.........

Having contacted bt, they told me i\'d been throttled back as they are upgrading the local exchange to fibre. Sounds great, but not too handy for my company when trying to transfer large files. Would have been nice to have been told too...

Roll on next week when we should be capable of getting 20mb to 30mb minimum, apparently.

Cheers,
    John.

[slychiu]

The ADSL modem should be connected before Comfort, not after

However if due to wiring constraints the ADSL modem needs to be connected to Comfort TEL OUT, eg it is plugged to any telephone socket in the house, there is a new product APB01 (ADSL/Protection Passthrough Board), see http://www.comfortforums.com/forum25/1642.html which allows this. The APB01 is plugged into the TEL IN and TEL OUT connectors and allows the ADSL modem to \"pass through\" tp TEL out with little attenuation and interference, and it also helps protects the telephone line and Comfort from surges as well

[John W]

Thanks for that, interesting to know.

Since my comfort panel, distribution panel, and master sockets are all co-located, its no big deal for me to connect straight to the incoming BT master socket.

Also its not been a big problem until now. Its just that the reduction in broadband service happened to coincide with changes I had been making with the panels.

 

Thanks.