[Gllug] ADSL problem

[will]

t.clarke wrote:
> Is the only socket in use the first physical/primary socket in the house ?
> (ie first one in the 'chain' from where the line comes into the house)

I suspect so, it is the only one downstairs, but I will have to check.

> If so, suggest you try and physically disconnect all the other sockets from it
> so you have only the following layout:-
> 
>        bt line              |----| |-----|-----PHONE
> ============================| A  |=| B   |
>                             |----| |-----|-----ROUTER
> 
> A=socket;  B=Microfilter
> 
> 
> If the problem persists the I presume the problem is with the microfilter.

I have a new one to test, but I suspect that the problem could be 
something else, other microfilters have the same problem.

> Normally 'ringing' is supplied from the exchange as 50V (or thereabouts) AC
> with enough juice (a) to give you a jolt if you touch the wires and (b) to
> drive the ringer on one of the older phones.  I believe the modern phones
> using electronic ring tones do not use the AC to drive the ringing directly
> but merely detect it and then generate the ringing internally.  Thus, spurious
> AC of any sort on the line, I believe, can cause the phone to ring.

Thanks for the advice (and Thanks to Chris Bell in his other post).

Will.
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