Very strange connection drop - phone ringing

Wisey! · 06-28-2008, 03:46 AM

Firstly I'm running a wireless network with a Linksys WAG54GS (ADSL connection).

So heres the problem; whenever my phone rings my internet connection drops. Before you hastely reply with "Do you have filters on all of your phones?". Yes, I do and the problem came about only a couple of weeks ago when I changed nothing at all about my set-up. The router is plugged in on the top floor of my house and one phone is plugged in downstairs. BOTH with filters.

NOTE: The phone has to be picked up to drop the internet (i'm pretty sure it does anyway), which is why i'm querying this first be for a spend sometime messing about and using my mobile credit to ring my home phone.

Thanks!

rosiesdad · 07-03-2008, 12:37 PM

Is the phone cordless and the radio freqs interfering? Just a shot..

wrench97 · 07-03-2008, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wisey!

Firstly I'm running a wireless network with a Linksys WAG54GS (ADSL connection).

So heres the problem; whenever my phone rings my internet connection drops. Before you hastely reply with "Do you have filters on all of your phones?". Yes, I do and the problem came about only a couple of weeks ago when I changed nothing at all about my set-up. The router is plugged in on the top floor of my house and one phone is plugged in downstairs. BOTH with filters.

NOTE: The phone has to be picked up to drop the internet (i'm pretty sure it does anyway), which is why i'm querying this first be for a spend sometime messing about and using my mobile credit to ring my home phone.

Thanks!

You don't have a filter on the modem/router do you?

Wisey! · 07-03-2008, 03:28 PM

Thanks for the replies!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rosiesdad

Is the phone cordless and the radio freqs interfering? Just a shot..

Thats a fair point, however this problem just arose randomly the phone has been the same before and after it started cutting out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrench97

You don't have a filter on the modem/router do you?

No, I don't. I'm asumming you mean that I have the router plugged into the ADSL socket of one filter with that filter plugged into another.

Thanks for the replies guys! But I seem to have fixed it (I just unplugged the phone and router completely to test different filters, and when I put it all back where it was before, it worked =S) for now. I shall post agian if the problem comes back! Cheers!

jarod · 07-03-2008, 03:40 PM

I do not know if a filter is the same as a splitter but i used to have this problem. Whenever i picked a phone up to dial, the internet disconnects. It is bcuz of the splitter, a faulty one. Replaced it and everything is back to normal..

A splitter is used to split one line to support both a phone and internet so that both can work at the same time.

06-28-2008, 03:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wisey! Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 55 OS: Windows Vista Home Edition My System	Very strange connection drop - phone ringing Firstly I'm running a wireless network with a Linksys WAG54GS (ADSL connection). So heres the problem; whenever my phone rings my internet connection drops. Before you hastely reply with "Do you have filters on all of your phones?". Yes, I do and the problem came about only a couple of weeks ago when I changed nothing at all about my set-up. The router is plugged in on the top floor of my house and one phone is plugged in downstairs. BOTH with filters. NOTE: The phone has to be picked up to drop the internet (i'm pretty sure it does anyway), which is why i'm querying this first be for a spend sometime messing about and using my mobile credit to ring my home phone. Thanks!

07-03-2008, 12:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
rosiesdad Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 59 OS: XP SP3	Re: Very strange connection drop - phone ringing Is the phone cordless and the radio freqs interfering? Just a shot..

07-03-2008, 03:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
jarod Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Malaysia, Klang Posts: 311 OS: Win XP service pack 2 My System	Re: Very strange connection drop - phone ringing I do not know if a filter is the same as a splitter but i used to have this problem. Whenever i picked a phone up to dial, the internet disconnects. It is bcuz of the splitter, a faulty one. Replaced it and everything is back to normal.. A splitter is used to split one line to support both a phone and internet so that both can work at the same time. __________________ Optimus Prime: Were we so different? They're a young species. They have much to learn. But I've seen goodness in them.Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. You all know there's only one way to end this war. We must destroy the cube. If all else fails, I will unite it with the spark in my chest.