Well, the wireless box 5 (TECHNICOLOR TG582N) turned up OK today (eventually). It's so dinky! It has improved the connection no end. Well, at least back to where it ought to be! One little thing I don't get is the connection is indicated as "Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1.131 / 4.502. Those figures seem to be Mbps not kbps!

After initial successful connection of my mobile to the router using the SSID and key, I had trouble with it not staying connected, even though all indications were that it was, and I wondered if it had to do with the lack of antenna on this box. But then it made no difference sitting right next to it. Anyway, I called o2 and they changed to a different channel (I can see now it changed from 1 to 13).

Next stage has to be to get a filtered faceplate. Only problem being that the phone socket on those is on the right and my splitter for one of the extensions has the body offset to the left see pic so it might prevent getting the router plug in as it does now if I try to plug it in after the socket (i.e. into the microfilter).

Could someone possibly measure the centres on their, say, Solwise or ADSL Nation faceplate filter?? I can check if these are suitable. Thanks.

Edited by rob54 (Mon 21-May-12 22:17:06)

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Anyway, I called o2 and they changed to a different channel (I can see now it changed from 1 to 13).

Be aware that some phones ( Blackberries) do not support channels 12 & 13 and will not see a wifi network on these channels.

Mine is a lowly Samsung Galaxy Apollo ans seems fine now on channel 13. The o2 bloke seemed to think it due to interference and changed it to one that is apparently less prone.

In reply to a post by rob54:

Next stage has to be to get a filtered faceplate. Only problem being that the phone socket on those is on the right and my splitter for one of the extensions has the body offset to the left see pic so it might prevent getting the router plug in as it does now if I try to plug it in after the socket (i.e. into the microfilter).

Could someone possibly measure the centres on their, say, Solwise or ADSL Nation faceplate filter?? I can check if these are suitable. Thanks.

If you have a filtered faceplate you dont have any microfilters or have I misinterpreted your post?

In practise the RJ11 connector fits all the way into the faceplate so if you plug it in first you should have plenty of room.

The separation between the BT socket and the RJ11 socket on my ADSL Nation filtered face plate is a fraction over 1 cm - this is the solid plastic, not the distance between the centres.

It is about the size of a BT socket.

Having looked at your attached picture (which took about 10 minutes to open so I hadnt seen it when I posted the previous comment) I understand the question now! If the offset bit to the left is less than 1cm there is no problem, if slightly more it should still be ok as the BT plug is slightly smaller than opening in goes in.

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In practise the RJ11 connector fits all the way into the faceplate so if you plug it in first you should have plenty of room.

Ah right well that helps hugely. Should be fine then.

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The separation between the BT socket and the RJ11 socket on my ADSL Nation filtered face plate is a fraction over 1 cm - this is the solid plastic, not the distance between the centres.

The measurement you took on your ADSL Nation faceplace is a couple miliimetres more than the same on the microfilter. Thanks a lot - I can go ahead and order one now.

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Mine is a lowly Samsung Galaxy Apollo ans seems fine now on channel 13. The o2 bloke seemed to think it due to interference and changed it to one that is apparently less prone.

I used channel 13 for my main home network - as O2 correctly said it is often not used. However had to change channel after spending a considerable time trying to work out why my daughter couldnt see my main wifi network on her new Blackberry but had no problems seeing my FON wifi networks !!

InSSIDer is a useful program for seeing what wifi networks are visible, what their strength is and what channel they use. You can then choose a relatively free channel.

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In reply to a post by rob54:

Mine is a lowly Samsung Galaxy Apollo ans seems fine now on channel 13. The o2 bloke seemed to think it due to interference and changed it to one that is apparently less prone.

I used channel 13 for my main home network - as O2 correctly said it is often not used. However had to change channel after spending a considerable time trying to work out why my daughter couldnt see my main wifi network on her new Blackberry but had no problems seeing my FON wifi networks !!

InSSIDer is a useful program for seeing what wifi networks are visible, what their strength is and what channel they use. You can then choose a relatively free channel.

Channel 13 still had problems. They said try 6,7 or 8. 6 ok initially now trying 7. They said wireless box 5 is proving problematic wirelessly (great!). And if I can't get it stable to my phone they will have to send me a 2 or 4

I downloaded and installed InSSIDer to my PC (which is connected by wire to the router and had no wireless adaptor. I can't get it to show any networks.

Edited by rob54 (Tue 22-May-12 18:19:26)

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I downloaded and installed InSSIDer to my PC (which is connected by wire to the router and had no wireless adaptor. I can't get it to show any networks.

inSSIDer will only work on a computer with a wireless adaptor - e.g. a laptop.

OK thought it was looking like that