Re: Fw: Re: [OT] NBN and phone

2017-09-18 Thread mike smith 
On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Greg Keogh  wrote:

> My 'solution' was to get a double wireless DECT phone, the base station
>> plugs in near the NBN modem, the remote just needs to plug into power.  A
>> plus is DECT phones show caller ID.
>>
>
> Yes, all solved. I just bought a four-pack Uniden DECT kit, plugged it all
> in and now we have four phones in convenient places around the house. There
> is no longer any need for an extension cable as four cordless phones cover
> the whole house. All that crawling in the dirt was a waste of time.
>
> *GK*
>

It's a bit of a pity you can't run wireless phones straight off WIFI ...
google  looks like there's a few solutions in that area too.



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Re: Fw: Re: [OT] NBN and phone

2017-09-17 Thread Greg Keogh 
>
> My 'solution' was to get a double wireless DECT phone, the base station
> plugs in near the NBN modem, the remote just needs to plug into power.  A
> plus is DECT phones show caller ID.
>

Yes, all solved. I just bought a four-pack Uniden DECT kit, plugged it all
in and now we have four phones in convenient places around the house. There
is no longer any need for an extension cable as four cordless phones cover
the whole house. All that crawling in the dirt was a waste of time.

*GK*

Re: Fw: Re: [OT] NBN and phone

2017-09-17 Thread mike smith 
My 'solution' was to get a double wireless DECT phone, the base station
plugs in near the NBN modem, the remote just needs to plug into power.  A
plus is DECT phones show caller ID.

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Greg Keogh  wrote:

> $19 at Bunnings. Does CAT5/6 and Phone. Worth it.
>>
> Every geek should have one! My wife contracts at a fibre-optic
> tech company and will take the cable in there today for the sparkies to
> look at. I'm sure the cable works. It's something peculiar about this new
> white NBN modem and/or the Uniden XDect house phone base station. And what
> fun first thing Monday morning, I just crawled under the house again to
> extract the cable -- *GK*
>



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Re: Fw: Re: [OT] NBN and phone

2017-09-17 Thread Greg Keogh 
>
> $19 at Bunnings. Does CAT5/6 and Phone. Worth it.
>
Every geek should have one! My wife contracts at a fibre-optic tech company
and will take the cable in there today for the sparkies to look at. I'm
sure the cable works. It's something peculiar about this new white NBN
modem and/or the Uniden XDect house phone base station. And what fun first
thing Monday morning, I just crawled under the house again to extract the
cable -- *GK*

Fw: Re: [OT] NBN and phone

2017-09-17 Thread 罗格雷格博士 

$19 at Bunnings. Does CAT5/6 and Phone. Worth it.

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On 18/09/2017 8:13:13 AM, Greg Keogh  wrote:
Probably crap cable or connector. Here I grabbed one pair out of the 4 pair 
cable I run between floors, and then spliced that back into the old telephone 
line. Have you got a cable tester ?

I don't have a cable tester. I should have tested the cable with the phone on 
the bench, before I spent 20 minutes crawling under the house. But then again, 
who would expect a cable right out of the packet not to work? I think I'll 
waste more time extracting the cable, put it back in the original packet (which 
is in the bin), drive back to Jaycar to get an identical replacement, then try 
that on the bench. If that doesn't work then it's the type of cable or the 
length. What a waste of time and money.

Re: [OT] NBN and phone

2017-09-17 Thread Greg Keogh 
>
> Probably crap cable or connector. Here I grabbed one pair out of the 4
> pair cable I run between floors, and then spliced that back into the old
> telephone line. Have you got a cable tester ?
>

I don't have a cable tester. I should have tested the cable with the phone
on the bench, before I spent 20 minutes crawling under the house. But then
again, who would expect a cable right out of the packet not to work? I
think I'll waste more time extracting the cable, put it back in the
original packet (which is in the bin), drive back to Jaycar to get an
identical replacement, then try that on the bench. If that doesn't work
then it's the type of cable or the length. What a waste of time and money.

RE: [OT] NBN and phone

2017-09-17 Thread Bill McCarthy 
Probably crap cable or connector. Here I grabbed one pair out of the 4 pair 
cable I run between floors, and then spliced that back into the old telephone 
line. Have you got a cable tester ?


From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Sunday, 17 September 2017 12:10 PM
To: ozDotNet 
Subject: [OT] NBN and phone

Folks, I was forced to move the house phone up to my office where it plugs into 
the NBN modem. Sick of this, I bought 10m of RJ12 cable from Jaycar, crawled 
under the house and put the phone back in it's old spot plugged into my newly 
strung cable.

No go! The phone base just says "Check Tel Line".

Is there some length limit? I believe RJ11 and RJ12 are exchangeable for house 
phone use. Something else I'm not aware of?!

Greg K