Hi.

Is the RJ11 data cable that comes with my ADSL broadband modem the same as a normal telephone extension cable?

Ta

Hi.

Is the RJ11 data cable that comes with my ADSL broadband modem the same as a normal telephone extension cable?

Ta

There's nothing special about the cable (signalwise) - any other RJ11 cable you have with the correct pins wired in will work, if that's what you mean?

Edit: ... although it's not the same as a BT linejack.

The situation is that I am getting broadband this week. Waiting for my modem to arrive. It comes with "an RJ11 Data Cable" to use with the modem.

In my house I have a standart telephone point downstairs, and I have ran a Focus/Do it all telephone extension cable upstairs to the spare room. This is what I connect my existing 56k modem into.

Will this extension be OK for use with my ADSL broadband modem too? I think it had 4 wires when I conected it up.

What I realy mean is any normal telephone extension cable the same as this RK11 cable the modem comes with? Or am I gonna have to re cable the extension upstairs?

ta

There's nothing special about the cable (signalwise) - any other RJ11 cable you have with the correct pins wired in will work' date=' if that's what you mean?

Edit: ... although it's not the same as a BT linejack.[/quote']

You will also need some "micro filters". It won't fail if you don't have them, but as soon as your line is dls enabled and you've plugged in your modem, you may get hissing / interference on all other sockets which don't have the micro filters fitted to them.

A normal telephone extension lead shouldn't be a problem as long as it's a decent one. When you're a mile away from the exchange and that mile is on 40 yr old twisted copper pairs, I don't think adding 10m of recent and decent copper is going to deteriorate the signal, as long as the sockets and plugs mate properly and give good connections.

The RJ11 is what is used in America and you probably have that on the end of your modem. It has the release lug in the middle, much like a smaller RJ45 network lead you may have seen. BT sockets are of course different and have the release lug at the end of the connector.

Normally the microfilter has an RJ11 for the broadband and a BT type socket for the phone. You'll need one for everywhere you plug either a phone or the broadband modem into. Tis possible to get them really quite cheaply now (eBuyer do them for a quid or 2), but you should get at least one with your broadband modem.

Happy surfing!

You won't have any problem using your extension socket for broadband, but you will need some sort of adaptor to fit the small RJ-11 plug (as used on American phones) to the standard BT one.

The easiest (but not cheapest) way is to use a microfilter/splitter; this has both RJ-11 and BT sockets; the BT one is filtered for use with a phone.

The cheapest way is to get a cable with a RJ-11 plug on one end (to plug into the modem) and a BT one on the other end (to plug into the extension socket) - try your local PC World.

The "elegant" solution is to replace the existing BT extension socket with an RJ-11 one. You can get one from Solwise (http://www.solwise.co.uk/adsl_splitters.htm).

[Note: I've mentioned Solwise in another post - http://www.briskoda.net/forums/showpost.php?p=111291&postcount=4

Just for the record - I'm not promoting them in any way, but they stick in my mind because I've bought stuff from them recently ]