ADSL Filters - are they all pretty much the same in terms of quality etc?

My local TV shop has them at £10 each, which I thought was a bit too expensive when I've seen them available online for £0.64 each.

For the last 7 weeks or so I have been getting intermittent internet connection and the router keeps on dropping the connection (SOLOWISE SR-130)

I have remade off the phone socket connections but this has made no difference.

I have to pick up the telephone handset, dial a digit and then put it down, then reset the router and it will work for 5 minutes or so before dropping the connection again.

I have tried to do the BT line test on their website but it won't work for me.
I'm loathe to call the bastards out because of a potential £100 call-out fee which is charged if the fault is not on their side of the line.

TT

No I haven't tried that - Do you mean just plug the router directly in, with no connection to the filter or pc and see if it synch's with the line?

Or do you mean just omit the filter?
I can't do this because the router cable has a non-UK type plug with is incompatible with the BT skt.

I've tried using it with all the telephones unplugged but this made no difference.

TT

What he said - try router in master socket.

If that works best layout is to plug one ADSL filter into the master socket. Plug the router into the network port on the filter. Plug any phone extension (s) into phone socket on the filter.  

I don't know the Solwise but google says the line status page is accessed as follows..

Quote:


Should give you info on the line quality (S/N ratio, Attenuation etc.) Explanation of what the numbers all mean here..

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/linestats.htm

Also forum here might help..

http://www.solwiseforum.co.uk

Could be faulty router. I think that model is quite old? Was your adsl speed increased 7 weeks ago? What might have changed in the house 7 weeks ago? New washing machine?  Sky box? Heating on?

Pesky tree rats.

I reckon it's best to simplify the layout so only one filter is needed and that's either plugged into in the master socket or built into it. That way you avoid running the high frequency ADSL signals all around the house.



The following will work but I reckon it's a mistake to do this in a house.. as you rarely have a nice neat line of extension sockets as shown!