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[Kelby]

Hello,

I've been taking a look at some existing wiring at home and have spotted the phones have been wired up in a star configuration, as far as I know star type wiring is not exactly ideal and can cause problems with DSL but I'm not 100% sure in what circumstances it can be bad.

The configuration is as follows
                                                                                    ----Phone 2
                                                                                  /
--BT Line----NTE5/MK2 Openreach VDSL Faceplate----<-------Phone 1
                                                                                  \
                                                                                    ----Phone 3

Is the star configuration acceptable as long as its after the filtered faceplate or is it something best avoided altogether?

Thanks!

[ejs]

It doesn't matter because it's after the filter, so there's no DSL signals going along those bits of phone wiring.

Even if there were only one extension socket, it would still be a problem (a bridged tap) if it weren't filtered off at the master socket.

[Kelby]

Perfect Thanks for the confirmation.