On 30/07/05, Wayne Rooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:59, Jamie Dobbs wrote: > > > > Those cables for your old modem are the same so > > > should work. > > > > Not necessarily, there are 2 distinctly different pinouts on RJ11 to BT > > converter plugs, one of which moves the inner cable pair to the outside > > the other doesn't. > > All Plain Old Telephone Service modems (and ADSL modems/modem-routers) use a > lead which wires pins 2 and 5 of the BT plug to pins 2 and 3 of the RJ11. > > All non-Telecom phones use a lead which wires pins 2 and 5 of the BT plug to > pins 2 and 3 of the RJ11, so most phone leads can be used as modem leads. > > Telecom branded phones a.k.a. "rental phones" use a lead which wire pins 2 and > 5 of the BT plug onto pins 1 and 4 of the RJ11. These leads will not work > with a modem.
Thanks Wayne. Nick came around yesterday, and we figured that out by careful studying of the cables. Nick's known working ADSL modem did not work. After Nick left (Thanks for your help Nick!) I went to the next-door house (she has ADSL) and tried my modem there. All worked OK! So I grovelled around in the roof space (again) and disconnected some bits and pieces so I had one phone jack that was directly connected to the line that comes from the road. (This is not as easy as it sounds, as I have two master jacks). Still no link. I rung my ISP. They rung Telecom. I have a "bad connection" apparently, and they would try to "reset the connection". It still didn't work, so now they will have to come out and install a splitter (for $149), although I don't see how that will help if a direct line to the exchange with nothing else connected doesn't work. Cheers, Carl.
