dk
Newbie  Posts: 1 Registered: 19/5/09 Status: Offline |
posted on 19/5/09 at 15:19
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Hi - when I plug the wireless Netgear router
into the phone splitter's modem socket, the phone
line goes dead - so no phone no internet. Unplug
it, the line comes back. Using a old wired
router right now and it's working fine, so nothing
wrong with phone line or splitter. Ideas anyone?
Note: I'm not technical at all... Thanks!
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festprint
SuperAdmin  Posts: 122 Registered: 2/1/03 Status: Online |
posted on 19/5/09 at 17:12 |
quote:
Hi - when I
plug the wireless Netgear router into the phone
splitter's modem socket, the phone line goes dead -
so no phone no internet. Unplug it, the line
comes back. Using a old wired router right now
and it's working fine, so nothing wrong with phone
line or splitter. Ideas anyone? Note: I'm not
technical at all... Thanks!
I have not used the Netgear DG834G v2 router,
however in most cases, you have a line from
your router which needs to be plugged into the
phone line socket or into the ADSL Filter (which
is itself plugged into the phone socket), now if
you are using your machine as the main computer
connected to the internet, you normally plug your
LAN wired cable from your machine to the router,
there is no need for connecting wirelessly as that
is faster. You can connect it wirelessly if the
main machine has a wi-fi card inside or plug a
USB wi-fi one on it, if so, and depending on
your software setup, disable wired LAN, having two
wired and wireless connections on the same machine
sometimes confuses the system besides slowing down the
connection and its packets etc.
So, you have a phone socket in which the router
cable from the router is plugged into it, the
router's power cable is plugged into an electrical
outlet, you LAN cable is plugged into the router
at one end and into your computer at the other
(if wired connected) OR you setup a wireless
connection and access the router which will access
the internet or other networks using the software
setup found on your operating system.
Not sure what you mean, but your phone should be
plugged into the socket that is directly plugged
to the phone line (or into the ADSL Filter which
is plugged into the phone socket), that way you
can use the phone. To use your PC modem, is
the same in most cases if you want to use a
virtual fax software for example.
When you say: "when I plug the wireless Netgear
router into the phone splitter's modem socket", it
sounds like you are plugging the router directly
into the modem socket which is on the PC, that's
wrong, should be plugged into the phone socket
directly or into the filter if you have one.
I probably got the whole thing wrong what you
meant, but what I said should be a pointer for
others anyway!
[Edited on 22/5/2009 by festprint] __________________________________
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