OT: VERY SIMPLE HOME NETWORK

[Bill Vermillion]

Putting quill to paper and scribbling furiously on Mon, Dec 27 15:36  
charles day missed achieving immortality when he said: 

> Brian K. White wrote:
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "charles day" <daychls at verizon.net>
> >To: "filePro List" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> >Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 10:56 AM
> >Subject: Re: OT: VERY SIMPLE HOME NETWORK
> >
> >
> >>Fairlight wrote:
> >>
> >>>Yo, homey, in case you don' be listenin', guy_templin done said:
> >>>
> >>>>Art,
> >>>>
> >>>>I just set up a DSL line for a friend of mine in Verizon area. 
> >>>>Verizon supplied a wireless DSL modem/router. I don't know where you 
> >>>>are located at but you may want to check out what is supplied or 
> >>>>available from your DSL provider before buying anything else that 
> >>>>you may not need. Just my $.02 worth.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>In my experiences, the modem and router are usually two entirely 
> >>>separate
> >>>entities.  Any idea what make and model they were doling out?
> >>>
> >>>mark->
> >>
> >>
> >>Verizon sent me 4 line filters and 1 wall phone filter along with a 
> >>Westell VersaLink 327W. This 327W has 4 ports for my local network 
> >>connections. I have no idea if this is a modem/router or a modem/hub 
> >>or whatever.
> >>
> >>It set up fine and I did not have to filter my alarm system.
> >>
> >>The Verizon office (wherever that is) had to Sync me line and modem. 
> >>It took 2 techie calls to convince them the filters were installed on 
> >>my end. After that, they synced my line 6 hours later (1 AM) and 
> >>followed that with a call to check on things at 8 AM.

> >If the alarm system uses the same phone line, then it seems like a 
> >no-brainer that you should filter it since:
> >a) it's on the line and it's not a dsl modem
> >b) you had any sort of problem at all
> >c) actually, "a)" was enough already

> a, b or c. Maybe, maybe not. I am not an alarm expert either.
> I spoke with my alarm man and explained it to first Verizon
> techie who said it need not be filtered. The second V techie
> told me it had to be filtered. I explained it to her, she left
> and talked to someone and came back and said it did not have to
> be filtered.

> As was 'splained to me, wire goes to alarm box, through a relay
> and back to the phone junction box where the line comes in from
> outside. I ran a line for the DSL modem diretly to the phone
> juction box.

Is there a possibility that the alarm circuit to the alarm company
is dry copper?   That's the way older alarm systems were and that
may explain why the confusion over filters.   Maybe Jay can weigh
in on this.


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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com