Hi! Kevin,

On Tue, 14 Mar 06, you wrote to me:

 >> That's exactly the setup I have here, Kevin.  The D-Link is
 >> a DSL-502T.
 KK> Okay, sounds good. Are you happy with the DSL-502T?

Yeah, it's pretty good.  I can't get the dyndns client update function to
work, so I'm doing manual updates whenever I get an expiry warning email
from DynDNS.  The port-forwarding on port #23 to an internal PC on the LAN
seems not to work as advertised, though I haven't fully sussed that out (it
might be port blocking at the ISP); all other port-forwards are working,
BTW.

We've only had to go through one factory reset cycle so far.  Since that
time (December) I've kept a copy of the binary config on my HDD, since
that's an option in the modem, to make the next reset cycle a lot easier.

 >> You just have to have the USR v.everything behind a filter,
 >> as if for a phone pickup.
 KK> Sorry... a filter? Don't understand what you mean, I thought I could
 KK> split the line right at the wall outlet, run one line to the D-Link 
 KK> and the other line to the USR. No?

You need a line 'filter'.  It has something to do with the transmission
frequency range(s) needed by the devices using technology for what was
originally intended to carry only the human voice.

Here, I've got one spare.  You can have it.  :)  It's a D-Link 'inline
filter/splitter' model # C10245E.  (However, that's an Australian spec
filter.  It might still be applicable where you are.[shrug])  The splitter
box has an RJ-11 socket on the left side, to go to your wall socket; the
right side has two RJ-11 sockets, one marked to feed the ADSL modem and the
other to feed a phone or modem.

We have a 'call-back-to-base' home security/alarm system which needed
filtering as well.  (That was the most expensive element in switching over
to ADSL, since only their techie was allowed to do the wiring lest we lose
out on the system warranty.)  In our case we have the line split, with one
cable serving the alarm/phone/modem, and the other essentially straight
through to the ADSL modem.

Did that help?  Or, am I 'going-off at the mouth' about something you
already knew about?  ;-)

Cheers,
Paul.

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