<p dir="ltr">Try a company called Norelco Safecam.</p>
<p dir="ltr">My office buys most of our network cabling and jacks from them.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 1, 2014 8:47 PM, <<a href="mailto:phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w@public.gmane.org">phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
For those who are interested in my adventures getting DSL functional again:<br>
<br>
I inspected the phone wiring at the point where it enters the house, and<br>
in my previous installations of phone lines, I had used plastic ties on<br>
one of the phone lines to tie it to a cold water pipe. That pipe is<br>
sweating copiously in the warm weather, so it could be that the<br>
combination of water and being close to a metallic surface would attenuate<br>
the DSL signal. In any case, I insulated the pipe and moved the wire away<br>
from the pipe.<br>
<br>
I moved the modem to a second floor phone outlet where it seems to work<br>
semi-reliably. I have a temporary ethernet cable up to the third floor to<br>
my working computer, and that functions reliably..at least for the moment.<br>
<br>
My existing system does not split the line where it enters the house.<br>
There are filters on all the phone outlets, an arrangement which used to<br>
work properly.<br>
<br>
There are several suggestions on the internet (including Len's comment,<br>
below) that it is better to split the POTS and ADSL lines close to the<br>
demarcation point - ie, where the phone line enters the building. That<br>
makes sense, since the added capacitance of the other phone lines would<br>
tend to attenuate the ADSL signal. So the idea is to split the signal at<br>
the demarc, and then use the second set of wires in the phone cable<br>
(yellow and black) up to a separate phone outlet that is used only as an<br>
ADSL connection.<br>
<br>
Tomorrow I'll contact Wilcom and see if I can order a suitable splitter:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.wilcominc.com/item.cfm?ProdID=35&result=1&stockalert=No#skus" target="_blank">http://www.wilcominc.com/item.cfm?ProdID=35&result=1&stockalert=No#skus</a><br>
<br>
(Their webpage suggests using UPS for delivery. I will attempt to use USPS<br>
instead, since UPS charge atrocious border clearance fees.)<br>
<br>
Any other suggestions, such as a local source for the splitter, would be<br>
welcome.<br>
<br>
(The 8-Port Ethernet switch also appears to be acting up, but one<br>
technical challenge at a time..).<br>
<br>
What do people do who do not have a resident electrical engineer to sort<br>
out this stuff?<br>
<br>
Peter<br>
<br>
> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 06:42:43PM -0400, <a href="mailto:phiscock@ee.ryerson.ca">phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w@public.gmane.org</a> wrote:<br>
>> Something recently changed with our Teksavvy DSL connection (they<br>
>> 'optimized it, apparently) and now the modem (Sagecom 2864) works close<br>
>> to<br>
>> the demarkation point in the basement and at phone outlets on the first<br>
>> and second floor, but not on the third floor, which is a little bit<br>
>> further. I suspect the signal has gone down a bit in strength and it's<br>
>> not<br>
>> enough for the modem.<br>
>><br>
>> Unplugging phones has no effect.<br>
>><br>
>> This is highly inconvenient since everything is cabled back to that<br>
>> modem.<br>
>> Changing over to wireless or some other solution is a major disruption.<br>
>><br>
>> The phone still works fine at the third floor outlet, so the connection<br>
>> is<br>
>> basically OK.<br>
><br>
> Working at 64kbit isn't the same as working at 25Mbit.<br>
><br>
>> Anyone have any thoughts about a good DSL modem to try in this<br>
>> situation?<br>
>><br>
>> Any advice appreciated.<br>
><br>
> For which kind of DSL?<br>
><br>
> After all VDSL2 needs different modems than ADSL2 or ADSL.<br>
><br>
> Looking it up, it seems the 2864 is in fact a VDSL2 modem. When I had<br>
> mine installed they ran a dedicated line from the demarc point for the<br>
> modem, and put the splitter/filter by the demarc point (which means I<br>
> don't need filters anywhere in the house which otherwise I would have).<br>
> It also means there are no splits on the line going to the modem which<br>
> tends to help the signal quality a lot.<br>
><br>
> Of course I got my VDSL2 link early enough that I have a cellpipe.<br>
> I should probably talk to teksavvy about switching to a sagemcom that<br>
> I buy instead of paying $8 rental each month.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Len Sorensen<br>
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<br>
<br>
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