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Nicole
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I can't find my splitter . . . - 2/4/2007 4:13:28
I'm putting the router and cords togather in preparation for being reconnected to Broadband this week, and I can't find my phone line splitter. I have unpacked everything but it's just not here. I'm not about to ask if anyone knows where I put it, but I am wondering if they're an absolute necessity or just advisable?
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RE: I can't find my splitter . . . - 2/4/2007 5:24:13
Hi Nicole,
A splitter is usually a filter as well, and yes you do need one for every phone or fax or anything besides the router that is plugged in to the phone line. If you don't have one, you can have problems with interference on the line.
If you can't find your old one, you should be able to buy one pretty easily and cheaply - Dick Smith, Tandy and even K-Mart I think stock them nowadays for approx $12. I believe I have even seen them in some larger Woolies and Coles supermarkets too.
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RE: I can't find my splitter . . . - 2/4/2007 5:43:46
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So it was packed into a box when I left the place before and now it's simply not there.
I know exactly what that feels like - very annoying.
If you have any choice in the matter, try to get a C10 brand filter. They are much better than the el cheapo no-name varieties.
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RE: I can't find my splitter . . . - 2/4/2007 9:43:59
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Have you looked under the sofa? while you look, keep an eye out for my car keys please. is your broadband dsl? if so, each devise needs a filter on it.
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RE: I can't find my splitter . . . - 2/4/2007 12:04:48
...and if you find my rechargeable battery charger as well, let me know. I spent half the morning looking for it (never did find it), and then the other half of the morning trying to tidy up my office because it's a tip and I can never find anything *sigh*
I do however seem to have accumulated a large supply of ethernet cables, PS/2 to USB adapters, and some sort of strange something-to-USB cable I've never seen before, along with various wires and cables I didn't know I'd got, and the instruction manual and software CD for my router which went missing 6 months ago.
On the positive side, it's forced me to tidy up, and now Diva's house (aka the bit under my desk), rather than cables and card readers and CD-ROMs falling out every time I open the doors of the desk, is now nice and neat and tidy, with all the cables and stuff in one of the storage boxes I got recently, stashed neatly away under the printer, with all the CDs in a box as well, and Diva's had a dust and a hoover as well.
Still no sign of the battery charger though...
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RE: I can't find my splitter . . . - 2/4/2007 16:26:42
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ORIGINAL: jaybee
The USB and ? cable is probably a firewire or bluetooth that came with a camera or phone. They chuck in extra cables in case you want to get confused 6 months down the line.
This is where my new cunning plan comes in. As part of the "tidy office campaign" I have a nice little box that I'm storing cables, power cords and adapters and such like in, rather than leaving them in a heap at the side of the power extension. I also bought a pack of labels on strings from W H Smith's and as I use different ones and figure out what they're for, I put a little label on them, so next time I don't spend 10 minutes with a cable in each hand thinking, "Hmmm, now which one do I charge my mobile with?"
Back on microfilters/splitters, around the other side of my desk I have a rather untidy heap of ADSL microfilters. Due to where the plug is, router, and telephone jack, they have to live at the side of the desk. I'm probably just about up to the REN limit - there's the extension phone upstairs, computer (modem for broadband emergencies), an alarm unit, and fax - and of course for each device there's a microfilter.
It all just looks very untidy, which simply won't do in my new Web 2.0 tidy office! I spent part of this afternoon wandering around eBay and googling to see if there was some sort of microfilter hub(?) available - I'm imagining some sort of little box type thing with a row of holes on one side where all the devices plug into it, and on the other the little cords and RJ11 plugs that plug into the phone sockets. Obviously you'd still have wires, but it would be so much tidier than having the loads of little microfilters that sit there in a heap looking untidy. Unfortunately because of the layout of the room and the position of the phone point, hiding them behind the desk isn't an option.
Am I living in cloud cuckoo land (highly possible) or is there such a thing? (and if not I think some geeky OutFronter really ought to invent one  )
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RE: I can't find my splitter . . . - 2/4/2007 16:33:52
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ORIGINAL: womble
... googling to see if there was some sort of microfilter hub(?) available
What you probably need is a central splitter:
http://www.dynalink.com.au/products/ausfiltermfdsl004.htm
<edit>It is highly recommended there be no more than three filters attached to a single phone line. So if you already have a phone, extension phone, dialup modem, alarm unit, and fax machine - you really should have a central splitter anyway.</edit>
< Message edited by Kitka -- 2/4/2007 18:23:17 >
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RE: I can't find my splitter . . . - 2/4/2007 16:48:21
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How many splitters will I need?
One - for the phone.
But if you add a fax machine or any extension phones, each device will need its own filter.
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