Im up here in Durham, took us ages to get BBand up here.
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Im up here in Durham, took us ages to get BBand up here.
This looks good from pipex:
http://www.dsl.pipex.net/adsl/sales/...s/residential/
For £18 they give you the filters and an Alcatel SpeedTouch330 modem, but it's only USB.... what's wrong with just USB?
£18 + one month fee, + activation fee.... that's pretty **** good compared to nildram....
so whats wrong with just USB?
sigh
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Originally posted by BipolarBill
The key is to be sure that they supply an Ethernet-capable modem. Do not accept a modem which is strictly USB. This way, you can use a router later.
USB modems wont connect to a router - best asking if they supply an ethernet modem alternative.
lmao, I bet bill is tearing his hair out :D
Sorry... So basically, USB only means only one computer? Their package is ace, but if I can get them to make it an ethernet modem instead, for a little extra, that would be cool, as then I can just get a router :)
USB will only connect to your computer, and not the router. An ethernet modem will connect to the internet, and the router connects to your machine.
im thinking of the pipex solo, which means you supply your own hardware.
I can get the router/modem from ebuyer for £43, and the cables and filters there too. should be sorted then, with a NIC card for my old rig......
ok, here we go:
what do we think?
Modem/router
DSL filter
Is this the right RJ11 for filter --> modem connectivity?
2 of these, 1 to each PC
Am I ok with that lot? Is that all the hardware I need to get setup?
One more thing, can I buy THIS NIC card for my old machine? that card is dead new and fast... and my old rig is an emachines with an intel 810 motherboard.... its like 3 and a half years old.... is that gona be a problem?
I promise I'll go away soon, lol, I just want to make sure I'm sorted out.
too_much
NIC is fine - if your machine has a spare PCI slot you should be sorted.
Router, filter is fine, but Im not up on wire specs - you're probably spot on.
Looks like a cheap and extremely cheerful setup. Let us know how it works out :)
cool mate, cheers for your help, and bill :)
Now all I ahve to do, is tell freeserve to sod off, then send the application form to pipex :)
My wages are going to take a beating this month.... there goes the summer holiday money :D
Ah well, who needs friends and beer when you have ADSL :confused:
too_much ;)
It goes like this phone jack=phone line/cord RJ11=modem=RJ45=router=RJ45=nic cards.
the filters are for other phone jacks were you connect phones and answering machines or a regular modem for fax/internet service. it blocks the higher digital signal (dsl) from the lower analog signal (phone).
I need a filter because the internet will be plugged into the same jack as my phone line.
Also, aren't you mixed up? I thought the cable from modem to NIC was a RJ45? As seen here http://www.adsltech.com/
Yes, RJ11=phone llines, RJ45=ethernet. Filters are low pass for phone type equipment, including fax, the modem gets an unfiltered connection to the telco line.
Sorry, I don't see you point....
I am going to use a filter, as I need the phone plugged into the same jack as the modem....
I see no problem there :confused:
Hmmm, maybe i get our confusion, letsee. Some filters have two outputs, one marked dsl, the other marked phone. The one marked phone is actually the filtered output, the dsl one is straight thru. Some filters, though, only have the filtered output, they're for phones, not the dsl modem.
The filter for the phone keeps the high frequency data signal from being loaded down by the voice/fax equipment.