[Gllug] Multiple phones on a home network with single router

[James Courtier-Dutton]

On 17 March 2011 01:03, Sanatan Rai <sanatan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>    I have a very basic question about home networking.
>
>    I have a single router that is plugged into the phone socket via
> a splitter. The phone is also plugged into the splitter. Everything
> works fine.
>
>    I want to connect another telephone set in another room. When
> I connect this other phone, a) it gets all the noise from the router,
> and b) I can't access the internet anymore. So clearly, this would
> not work. So I bought another splitter and connected the phone
> through that, and that doesn't work either. In retrospect, I wouldn't
> expect it to work as the splitter is just a passive device, right?
>
>    However, it _should_ be possible to connect multiple phones
> while using a router, right?
>
>    What am I doing wrong?
>
>    Thanks and apologies in advance for being this clueless.
>
> --Sanatan
>

There are two options.
The best option 1:
First BT socket in house -> ADSL Filter -> One to ADSL modem, Other to
a phone line splitter/extension.
Plug all other phones onto the end of the extension.

Not so good Option 2:
First BT socket in house -> second BT socket in house -> third BT
socket in house.
You then need to plug a ADSL filter into every BT socket in the house
before plugging in any telephones.

In reality, option 2 should not happen. You should have a single first
BT socket, and then you should be plugging extentions into the first
socket, so that all secondary sockets can be easily disconnected for
fault finding purposes.

Kind Regards

James
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