I don't think an unused telephone is going to make any difference if it stays connected. As far as knowing when the filter is overloaded, I guess you'll find out if it happens and something does stop working. You could always get what's called a Comshare device that lets you share all of those devices without all the spitters. I use one and it works fine except for an occasional Brother fax machine!!:>)
http://www.command-comm.com/technical_support/cs750installation.html Jim -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Bird Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Hardware: Telephone WallJack 4 DSL Quoting Jim Poer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you think about it, a house is wiring as a simple split setup anyway. > Two pieces of copper wire(tip and ring) are all it takes for a telephone > signal. I can't see where a high dollar splitter is going to enhance what is > coming into your house on those two wires. Thanks to all for your helpful suggestions. We have two phone lines coming into the house and I want the router with its four ports in my office because of the number of computers I have there. The USB wireless will go in my partner's system across the hall. Currently my line with a single jack is split and split again to connect to two or three modems (only one on at a time), three telephones, and an answering machine. My dial-up service works fine notwithstanding the split. My friend, who works for the ISP, will help me with the setup and will give me some slack until I have things tweaked. Hopefully the filter will be able to handle the telephones and answering machine. Could I possibily reduce the strain on the filter by unplugging one or two telephones when they aren't needed. Assuming I overload the filter - how would I know? Would the DSL and the phones stop working? Thanks again to all for your help. -- Cheers, Stephen -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
