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November 17th, 2007, 11:59 PM
#1
[XP] Two phone lines, do I need two filters?
The place I am moving in to has two lines inside, which are split from the single line to the house.
I have an outlet in the kitchen and one inside a linen cupboard.
My idea is to place my modem and router in the cupboard and obviously the phone in the kitchen.
Will I need to place a filter on both outlets to prevent interference from my Broadband connection?
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November 18th, 2007, 12:57 AM
#2
My understanding is you only need to filter the line with the phone on it.
But you might want to contact your provider because there are variences as per: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/503
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November 18th, 2007, 01:41 AM
#3
When I had DSL at my daughter's place the filter was on the line I used for the phone. There was no filter on the line going to the modem.
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November 18th, 2007, 03:20 AM
#4
No worries. I haven't got the line connected yet, but I will see what happens.
Thank you.
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November 18th, 2007, 11:47 AM
#5
You have to have a filter on every device that is connected. Phones, set-top boxes such as PVRs, alarms, etc., go into the phone side of the filter, and the DSL router goes into the DSL side. It is very important that you do this, having an unfiltered device on the line is one of the biggest causes of DSL problems, especially at higher speeds.
Nick.
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November 18th, 2007, 01:03 PM
#6
Just installed a DSL that has a filter for the pc.
Centurytel was the provider.
First one of them I have had in my hands. 
Just follow the boxed instructions.
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November 18th, 2007, 03:57 PM
#7
No worries  .
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November 18th, 2007, 06:28 PM
#8
My understanding is a filter for every phone,modem or device [or single phone line with multiple connections] that does not use the upper fequencies that DSL modems do.
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November 18th, 2007, 07:28 PM
#9
 Originally Posted by 104456
My understanding is a filter for every phone,modem or device [or single phone line with multiple connections] that does not use the upper fequencies that DSL modems do.
Nope, that's why the vast majority of filters have a DSL port as well as a phone port. It is most important that the DSL modem is plugged in via a filter. As ADSL2+ becomes more commonplace then filtering is even more critical.
Nick.
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November 20th, 2007, 04:56 AM
#10
Filter on phone and everything else everythig else but computer modem or nic
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November 20th, 2007, 11:28 AM
#11
Originally Posted by joeroni
Filter on phone and everything else everythig else but computer modem or nic
If that were true, there would be no point in supplying filters with a modem port on them:
Nick.
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