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Timmeh · 08-28-2004, 16:47

G'day there!

While I unfortunately don't live there anymore, my parents have installed broadband (iPrimus ADSL) but are still having a hissing in the phone.

The phone line comes into the house, into a filter which splits the line to the ADSL modem/router and the other to the cordless phone.

We have tried different handsets / corded phone and more inline filters but the hissing remains. As soon as the ADSL modem/router is switched off, the hissing remains for about a second then disappears.

I am after any help from anyone with any experience with broadband.

Any help would be much appreciated as I am going to have to repeat this at my own place very soon (good to have ADSL but bad to have hissing phones).

Thanks.. Tim

Night_Lurker · 08-28-2004, 17:07

So is it a central filter or is there one on each phone outlet? I honestly have never heard of such a problem. At whirlpool.net.au there is a topic similar

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...m?t=229186&p=1

Maybe if you don't have a filter on each phone outlet try that. Goodluck with it and sorry I cannot help with it...

Perana XR8 · 08-28-2004, 17:31

Yeah sounds like a filter problem.... every line that isnt connected to the ADSL modem needs to be filtered.

The MaDDeSTMaN · 08-28-2004, 17:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

The phone line comes into the house, into a filter which splits the line to the ADSL modem/router and the other to the cordless phone.

Have you got a filter designed for use with a cordless phone? If not, that could be the problem, from what I understand, if you're going to use a cordless phone on the same line as ADSL, you need a cordless phone filter, which most providers charge extra for instead of the one that most throw in for free, which is fine for normal phones, but not cordless...

Hope that helps mate, good luck!

Timmeh · 08-28-2004, 17:59

Thanks for the link, Night_Lurker - that's a great thread and indeed forums. It's gone a long way to helping us.

We definitely have filtered the line and tried many different brands of filters, including multiple filters, double adapters, different handsets/non corded phones.... trouble shooted (trouble shot?) it with Donut_King (3FB Resident IT Extraordinaire) and perused whirlpool and we think it's an exhange problem.

Thanks for your posts!

Reagrds, Tim

Night_Lurker · 08-28-2004, 18:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

Thanks for the link, Night_Lurker - that's a great thread and indeed forums. It's gone a long way to helping us.

We definitely have filtered the line and tried many different brands of filters, including multiple filters, double adapters, different handsets/non corded phones.... trouble shooted (trouble shot?) it with Donut_King (3FB Resident IT Extraordinaire) and perused whirlpool and we think it's an exhange problem.

Thanks for your posts!

Reagrds, Tim

No probs anytime. Just hope it can be fixed ASAP. Although now you have to deal with Tel$tra.

GTPChris · 08-28-2004, 18:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

The phone line comes into the house, into a filter which splits the line to the ADSL modem/router and the other to the cordless phone.

Shouldnt the phone line go into the splitter with one cable going to the modem/router and the other to a filter connected to your phone? ie the traffic from the modem/router doesn't pass through the filter?

Filters aren't splitters. You should have a splitter and a filter. You also need to install a filter for each phone in the house.

Phone socket
|
<(splitter)-----(filter)-----(Phone)
\
.\_____(modem/router)----PC

Timmeh · 08-28-2004, 23:36

You can get splitter filters, which is what we have.

We did try it how you suggested as well, with a pure inline filter (a couple in fact as well) from just a splitter but no success. We tried everything we could on our end.

Thanks for posting that though, good to check all bases!

Tim

GTPChris · 08-28-2004, 23:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

You can get splitter filters, which is what we have.

We did try it how you suggested as well, with a pure inline filter (a couple in fact as well) from just a splitter but no success. We tried everything we could on our end.

Thanks for posting that though, good to check all bases!

Tim

Ah ok. Didnt know you could get a combo splitter/filter. If the noise goes when you switch off the router, sounds like it might be the router itself. What brand/model is it?

Timmeh · 08-28-2004, 23:48

It's a D-Link DSL-504G modem router. We have tried a friends unit also (different brand) and same problem. In the link Night_Lurker posted there were other people with the same problem, so we'll be barking up the tree they did. Unfortunately that is Telstra.

We've pretty much replaced everything and in every combo here, new phones, new modems, new filters, new lines, so we're out of ideas at this stage.

Hooray for another satisfied Telstra customer! Haha. Thanks for your assistance - too bad we couldn't fix Telstra - some things even FordForums cannot do!

Tim!