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Author Topic: Master Socket wire wired directly to Modem via RJ11 ..?  (Read 6187 times)

sevenlayermuddle

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Re: Master Socket wire wired directly to Modem via RJ11 ..?
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2018, 10:19:15 PM »

It probably wouldn't show as dis. (disconnected) when a modem/router is actually connected to the line.... This homehub 5 has the gas discharge and the DC block capacitor inbuilt, similar to an NTE5

From cursory research, modem’s front end line interface seems to sometimes (/often/always?) comprise a tranformer, coupled by fairly low value caps, 0.1uF in circuits I have found.   The 470k resistor does not normally seem to be present.

Assuming that the line test uses a carefully chosen frequency, and looks for an impedance predicted by the correct cap/resistor combination, the modem connection would look quite different compared with the master socket’s R/C.

Not wanting to worry unduly but I’d imagine worst case scenario would be that BT, without prompting,  discovered such a “line fault”, and invested significant engineering resources in tracing it.   If the ‘fault’ were subsequently attributed to unauthorised tampering within NTE, I suspect they might quite reasonably want to recover full costs of investigation. :-X
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Re: Master Socket wire wired directly to Modem via RJ11 ..?
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2018, 10:53:56 PM »

What are the implications of wiring the main line that comes into the house, directly to an RJ11 (64PC) plug and connecting that directly into the back of the (HG612) Modem?

It seems unnecessary that the line has to go through all the crap of master socket circuitry, faceplate circuitry, and all the filtering that involves etc. When all i want it as clean and clear as possible signal directly into the Modem.

This is not my area of expertise by a long way but I always thought that Openreach FTTC faceplates (i.e. a Mk3) provided the unfiltered signal to the modem anyway - and it was only the voice socket that was filtered?

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Re: Master Socket wire wired directly to Modem via RJ11 ..?
« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2018, 11:07:13 PM »

This is not my area of expertise by a long way but I always thought that Openreach FTTC faceplates (i.e. a Mk3) provided the unfiltered signal to the modem anyway - and it was only the voice socket that was filtered?

That is true, but the components in question are not part of a filter.   Between them, capacitor and resistor, they provide ring signal and facilitate line tests.   Ring signal may no longer be relevant, but line test remains relevant.     

Filters (if needed) are an addition, over and above these components.
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Re: Master Socket wire wired directly to Modem via RJ11 ..?
« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2018, 11:10:23 PM »

What you say is true gt94sss2, and I doubt whether the OP's proposal would give any measurable improvement in performance.
However, he has no requirement for telephony, so I can see some merit in ensuring a direct metallic path to obviate any possible problems due to component failure, dirty/corroded contacts etc.
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Re: Master Socket wire wired directly to Modem via RJ11 ..?
« Reply #19 on: March 22, 2018, 11:32:34 PM »

I wouldn't crimp the incoming pair like that.
I don't use a landline, so went with an unfiltered faceplate.
£6 from AAISP
https://aa.net.uk/broadband-accessories.html
Just an RJ45 port on the front.

Only fits an NTE5A, not the newer NTE5C.
You couldn't pay me to install an NTE5C anyway. Hideous and flimsy.
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Re: Master Socket wire wired directly to Modem via RJ11 ..?
« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2018, 11:55:31 PM »

You couldn't pay me to install an NTE5C anyway. Hideous and flimsy.

I'll happily second that. The circuit, minimalistic as it is, just consists of lengths of steel plate made with slits into which the leads from the capacitor and resistor are forced. Like a third-world imitation of a IDC but one where there is no I to actually D!  :-X
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Re: Master Socket wire wired directly to Modem via RJ11 ..?
« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2018, 08:37:38 AM »

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Re: Master Socket wire wired directly to Modem via RJ11 ..?
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2018, 02:55:29 AM »

I don't use a landline, so went with an unfiltered faceplate.
£6 from AAISP
https://aa.net.uk/broadband-accessories.html
Plus £4.57 for Tracked 24 P&P.
Made my not very good line slightly worse, so I have gone back to a Mk 3 faceplate.
Presumably the Mk 3's anti REIN circuitry does something for me.

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Re: Master Socket wire wired directly to Modem via RJ11 ..?
« Reply #23 on: March 30, 2018, 08:19:43 AM »

FYI those faceplates are available from the Andrews and Arnold shop at

    https://aa.net.uk/broadband-accessories.html

and you do not have to be an ISP-customer. (But you will have just to talk to humans sales@aa.net.uk about how you want to pay for goods if you don't have a customer account whose tab they can just add it on to.)
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