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The Prophetor
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November 26th, 2004 14:00
Two broadband wires
I have one phone line coming from my wireless modem...
and I have another wire coming from my desktop modem...
when I try to use an adapter to put them in the main phone socket... only one will work at one time... by putting one in and taking the other out, i can determine which one i want to work.... but i cant work both at the same time....
Any ideas?
Would it work if I take both wires apart and put it in a box?
Thanks again for your help
Jason
and I have another wire coming from my desktop modem...
when I try to use an adapter to put them in the main phone socket... only one will work at one time... by putting one in and taking the other out, i can determine which one i want to work.... but i cant work both at the same time....
Any ideas?
Would it work if I take both wires apart and put it in a box?
Thanks again for your help
Jason
savage om2
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Posted November 27th, 2004 16:00
What do you mean by "adapter"?By "desktop modem", do you mean "dial up modem"?Are you trying to use a dial up modem, and a DSL modem at the same time?If this is the case---to make this work, you will need:- a dsl filter- a phone outlet splitter (the little cheap doohicky you use to connect multiple telephones to a single jack)1. you plug the phone outlet splitter directly into the phone jack2. you plug the wire for the wireless (dsl?) modem into the splitter3. you plug the dsl filter into the splitter, and plug the desktop (dial up?) modem into the dsl filterYou should now be able to connect to both dial up and dsl simultaneously.
jwatt
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Posted November 26th, 2004 15:00
You can't connect two DSL modems to the same phone line. You can share the DSL connection between the two systems using a broadband router. Linksys and HomeNetHelp.com offer excellent tutorials on how to set this up.
Jim