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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Wed 14-Sep-11 14:18:26
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Re: BT slowness (Brighton Marina)


[re: XRaySpeX] [link to this post]
 
So what does that mean? Do normally all extensions in every house only have 1 socket slot?
I also have 2 other extensions in 2 other places, they both have only 1 socket slot but one of them has a filter connected to it (not filtered from the extension itself, doesn't have 2 socket slots on the faceplate. Just a normal filter is fitted to the slot)

And telnet asks me for username/password, as netgear default user is admin and password is password and I haven't changed the user/pass yet I enter the same details in telnet and it says incorrect login.
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(staff) Wed 14-Sep-11 14:22:08
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Do normally all extensions in every house only have 1 socket slot?

No, not normally, as I suggested the dual socket suggests you had two seperate phone numbers at one point, or previous resident did.

We need to see photos of all sockets, and a picture of the wiring, and a diagram of how you believe the wire coming into the property connects to all this.

GETTING YOUR WIRING BACK TO A SINGLE SOCKET THAT WORKS is the key, and then you can rewire other sockets that are needed in a way that will optimise your broadband speeds.

Andrew Ferguson, [email protected]
www.thinkbroadband.com - formerly known as ADSLguide.org.uk
The author of the above post is a thinkbroadband staff member. It may not constitute an official statement on behalf of thinkbroadband.
Standard User XRaySpeX
(knowledge is power) Wed 14-Sep-11 14:53:57
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Re: BT slowness (Brighton Marina)


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In reply to a post by ZMeshign:
And telnet asks me for username/password, as netgear default user is admin and password is password and I haven't changed the user/pass yet I enter the same details in telnet and it says incorrect login.
Did you do the http://192.168.0.1/setup.cgi?todo=debug 1st? That should ask you for username/pwd in the normal way and TELNET should not then need any username/pwd.

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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Wed 14-Sep-11 15:07:44
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Re: BT slowness (Brighton Marina)


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Hi again guys,

Thanks alot for the hint. With the other 2 sockets I said that I have, I couldn't get a dial tone from one of them.
But the other one that the previous resident had a filter connected to it worked. Right now I am using WiFi and I have connected the old filter as shown in the old connection picture to the filter that was fit in the socket. I have also discovered that the filter is the same kind as the filter I have now, it just doesn't have a long wire.

Thus right now i'm connected with WiFi and the socket behind my TV place is now working and has increased my speed to 2.8 mb up from 1.8mb.

I have also uploaded some new photos (where the wiring from master socket goes and the socket I have connected my filter to now) so you can see it. I will try connecting my filter directly to the socket behind my TV place that is working, see how that goes with the speed.

Note: The master socket wire start place (the hole where the phone wire comes into the house goes behind a heating radiator and then behind the TV cable slot as shown in the pictures). And as shown in picture, the new socket where my filter is connected to now is the filter fit in the socket shown in the picture but it seems the left socket of the connected filter has disconnects)

UPDATE: I removed the filter and directly connected my filter to the socket. Now my speed is back to 1.8 mbps... I think double filtering is better lol

Download Link: http://meshign.ir/bb2.rar
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(deleted) Wed 14-Sep-11 15:09:01
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Yep I did and it showed "Debug Enabled" then I opened telnet session and it asked me for user/pass.
Standard User deleted
(deleted) Wed 14-Sep-11 15:14:30
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What is this!!!!!!

I've just unplugged the filter from the socket and re-connected the "fitted filter" again, then connected my filter again to the right socket of the filter. Now speedtest.net shows my download speed is 1.64mbps!!!!
Standard User XRaySpeX
(knowledge is power) Wed 14-Sep-11 15:25:15
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Re: BT slowness (Brighton Marina)


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Don't understand that! You did do TELNET to 192.168.0.1?

Might be worth trying my link again; just click on http://192.168.0.1/setup.cgi?PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bi...

Have you changed the IP of the router? If so, you need to change it in the above.

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Administrator MrSaffron
(staff) Wed 14-Sep-11 15:34:37
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Re: BT slowness (Brighton Marina)


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Ignore all speedtests, all that is important when figuring out wiring is the connection speed information from the router.

Actual speedtests can take some time to catch up, and may not reflect an improved situation.

Andrew Ferguson, [email protected]
www.thinkbroadband.com - formerly known as ADSLguide.org.uk
The author of the above post is a thinkbroadband staff member. It may not constitute an official statement on behalf of thinkbroadband.
Standard User deleted
(deleted) Wed 14-Sep-11 15:35:49
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I've tried the link again, nothing in the ping results box.
And also no, I used the IP 192.168.1.1 as this is the IP of my router and I access the settings by this ip.

Guys, no more 2.6mb with neither of the double filter sockets or direct connection to the socket.
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(staff) Wed 14-Sep-11 15:41:33
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In the 'The only socket that is working' picture, that thing with two phone sockets is what is called a socket doubler.

It does no filtering, and both sockets are electrically identical, and a filter plugged in without that device should give the same connection speeds.

The wiring that we need to see is like in the picture at http://www.thinkbroadband.com/images/faq/faceplates/... i.e. open the socket so we can see what the individual wires are actually doing.

In the picture Master Socket wiring 1, the cable coming out of the carpet is that the phone line, and the same line goes off to the left on the skirting board, to the socket that you plugged the doubler into? If so what is the wiring doing inside that socket, as it seems odd to take a phone cable into a cable TV socket and back out again.

I suspect the house has had cable TV and two phone lines, and people have attempted to rewire, and left a bit of a confusing mess.

I would also expect to find a small 1inch by 2 inch small junction box somewhere that takes the outside (black/gray) cable and probably has the white internal cable going to it.

Andrew Ferguson, [email protected]
www.thinkbroadband.com - formerly known as ADSLguide.org.uk
The author of the above post is a thinkbroadband staff member. It may not constitute an official statement on behalf of thinkbroadband.
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