"Lem" wrote:

> create_share wrote:
> > I purchased one 3com ADSL Router and connected my phone line to the ADSL
> > splitter. Then i connected one line to the Modem and one to the telephone
> > set. The telephone set is working but the ADSL light on modem is not on. Only
> > the power and ethernet lights are on. I have configured all the settings
> > provided by my isp but still the ADSL link is down.
> >
> > What should be the first step to connect ADSL? Am i doing a mistake? I don't
> > want to use the wireless facility in my router so i have already disabled it.
> >
> > ADSL is already activated from the telephone company.
> >
> >
> > thanks!
>
> What should be the first step to connect ADSL? -->  Call your ISP.
>
> The scenario you describe has at least 4 possible causes, none of which
> can easily be remotely diagnosed (e.g., by readers of a newsgroup):
>
> 1.  You only think "ADSL is already activated" by the phone company but
> in fact it is not.
>
> 2.  There is a wiring problem someplace between the phone company
> Central Office and your DSL modem (includes CO to pole outside your
> house; drop from pole to house; house wiring to jack next to computer;
> connection from jack to modem). [you could try connecting the modem
> directly to the jack without the splitter, but I really doubt that the
> splitter is the problem] [also, either install filters on ALL other
> telephone-type devices in the house or temporarily disconnect them]
>
> 3.  You made a mistake in configuring the modem or you were given/copied
> incorrectly settings from the ISP. [this is the most likely;
> double-check that you entered your username and password exactly as they
> were given to you by your ISP]
>
> 4.  The modem is defective.
> --
> Lem   MS MVP -- Networking
>
> To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>

> I have already tried without splitter but same thing. Somebody told me that
> your ADSL light on your modem should lit immediately when you connect your
> phone line to the modem even without any configuration. If this is true then
> definitely the problem is from the telephone company.
>
> Am i right?
>
> "Lem" wrote:
>
>> create_share wrote:
>>> I purchased one 3com ADSL Router and connected my phone line to the ADSL
>>> splitter. Then i connected one line to the Modem and one to the telephone
>>> set. The telephone set is working but the ADSL light on modem is not on. Only
>>> the power and ethernet lights are on. I have configured all the settings
>>> provided by my isp but still the ADSL link is down.
>>>
>>> What should be the first step to connect ADSL? Am i doing a mistake? I don't
>>> want to use the wireless facility in my router so i have already disabled it.
>>>
>>> ADSL is already activated from the telephone company.
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks!
>> What should be the first step to connect ADSL? -->  Call your ISP.
>>
>> The scenario you describe has at least 4 possible causes, none of which
>> can easily be remotely diagnosed (e.g., by readers of a newsgroup):
>>
>> 1.  You only think "ADSL is already activated" by the phone company but
>> in fact it is not.
>>
>> 2.  There is a wiring problem someplace between the phone company
>> Central Office and your DSL modem (includes CO to pole outside your
>> house; drop from pole to house; house wiring to jack next to computer;
>> connection from jack to modem). [you could try connecting the modem
>> directly to the jack without the splitter, but I really doubt that the
>> splitter is the problem] [also, either install filters on ALL other
>> telephone-type devices in the house or temporarily disconnect them]
>>
>> 3.  You made a mistake in configuring the modem or you were given/copied
>> incorrectly settings from the ISP. [this is the most likely;
>> double-check that you entered your username and password exactly as they
>> were given to you by your ISP]
>>
>> 4.  The modem is defective.
>> --
>> Lem   MS MVP -- Networking
>>
>> To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>>