USB Adapter

redaxis · #1 February 9th, 2006, 09:57 PM

Well I thought since this is a "networking-type" thing I would stick it here. I just bought a 2Wire USB Phoneline Adapter. (http://static.ubid.com/mgen/vximg/dl...=0x80664d&nc=1)
When I plug it in I get the power light, but not the network light. Can anyone explain why this is? I've got my home phone (the dsl activated) number going through it, it should work, right? If anyone can give me ANY help as to why this is being re-tar-ted, please jump in.

**z1p** · #2 February 10th, 2006, 10:35 PM

What are you trying to connect to with it? It is for creating a home LAN over the phone lines in your house. Do you have 2 PCs connected to phone jacks with this type of adaptor?

See this description (http://www.2wire.com/?p=124). Especially ,

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Interoperable
Plugging 2Wire's HomePortal or OfficePortal into a telephone jack converts all jacks throughout the home into active Internet links. PC Port connect your PCs to the home phoneline network allowing every networked PC to share that high-speed Internet connection.

If you want to share your internet connection among various PCs using your phone lines, it sounds like you need a homeportal or officeportal. I have no idea how well all this works as I've never played with it. Maybe someone else around here has.

redaxis · #3 February 10th, 2006, 11:48 PM

Alright. Well if anyone was wondering on how to fix this it's quite simple. My dad works for the phone company at&t (once SBC, until the merge) and he had to go outside where the phone jack central box-thing is, and set the filtre to go throughout the whole house. The problem was the filter was allowing the dsl to go to one room, the main computer. Once he set it to go throughout the whole house the adapter kicked right on. So good luck to anyone else with this problem, and thanks to all who tried to help.

**z1p** · #4 February 11th, 2006, 02:37 PM

Glad to here you got it worked out and thanks for the update.

-z1p