Two modems on one phone line -- Problem?

  • Thread starter Thread starter PaulFXH
  • Start date Start date
P

PaulFXH

I'm going to be travelling abroad soon and want to make sure I can get
an internet connection where I am.
Where I'll be there is broadband coming in on a phone line to a modem
(yeah, just a plain ol' modem, not a router-modem).
However, the same phone line is available to a number of rooms in the
house.
Can I hook up another modem to the phone socket in my room and get the
same quality broadband connection?
Will my connection, assuming it is possible, adversely affect others
taking broadband from the same phone line?
Is it likely the ISP will object to two modems hooked up to the phone
line (or want more money)?

Will be grateful for any comments as I am quite clueless on this
matter.
Thanks
Paul
 
I'm going to be travelling abroad soon and want to make sure I can get
an internet connection where I am.
Where I'll be there is broadband coming in on a phone line to a modem
(yeah, just a plain ol' modem, not a router-modem).
However, the same phone line is available to a number of rooms in the
house.
Can I hook up another modem to the phone socket in my room and get the
same quality broadband connection?
Will my connection, assuming it is possible, adversely affect others
taking broadband from the same phone line?
Is it likely the ISP will object to two modems hooked up to the phone
line (or want more money)?

Will be grateful for any comments as I am quite clueless on this
matter.
Thanks
Paul
Click to expand...

Paul,

Only one DSL modem at a time. The modem has to synch with the DSLAM at the
other end.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
PaulFXH said:
I'm going to be travelling abroad soon and want to make sure I can get
an internet connection where I am.
Where I'll be there is broadband coming in on a phone line to a modem
(yeah, just a plain ol' modem, not a router-modem).
However, the same phone line is available to a number of rooms in the
house.
Can I hook up another modem to the phone socket in my room and get the
same quality broadband connection?
Will my connection, assuming it is possible, adversely affect others
taking broadband from the same phone line?
Is it likely the ISP will object to two modems hooked up to the phone
line (or want more money)?

Will be grateful for any comments as I am quite clueless on this
matter.
Thanks
Paul
Click to expand...

Assuming that the person who is paying for the broadband connection is
amenable, your best bet is to buy a wireless router and connect it
between the existing DSL modem and the existing computer(s). Assuming
that the room where you will be located isn't too far from where the
modem is located (and that there isn't too much electromagnetic-blocking
structure in the line of sight), you should be able to connect to your
host's broadband connection using a wireless adapter.

And if you want to make your host a gift of the wireless router when you
leave, you might even be invited back again.

Just make sure to get a router with a power supply appropriate for the
country. And check to make sure that the existing modem is connected to
the existing computer via ethernet -- not USB (you will have a very hard
time finding a router that can connect to a DSL modem via USB).
 
Hi
From your way of wording the issue it sound like whatever is available might
not be a standard DSL service.
You should find out exactly what is coming out of the Phone line (or any
other jack in the wall), otherwise you would have a "Big surprise" when you
get there.
Regular Dialup? Use as many Modems as you wish, however it isn't Broadband.
Regular DSL? Can use only one Modem on a specific line.
Might be DSL that is centrally Routed to each room. I.e. you do not need
modem, but you might need a Router.
Or might be some kind of local concoction that is Not useable with your own
Hardware.
Jack (MVP-Networking).
 
Hi
On second thought, if I have to make a general prediction. I would say that
I would take with me a stand alone Router (Not a combo Modem/Router).
Jack (MVP-Networking).
 
Hi
On second thought, if I have to make a general prediction. I would say that
I would take with me a stand alone Router (Not a combo Modem/Router).
Jack (MVP-Networking).
Click to expand...

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions.
I'm pretty sure that they have true dsl broadband as they have
upgraded from dial-up sometime ago. Now they get about 550 kbps
download and I think around 200 kbps upload. So, although it's not
particularly fast, it's certainly not dial-up.
A wireless router certainly sounds like a viable option.
I understand that they have a pci network card in the computer to
which the modem feeds the broadband. The pci card is then connected
via a cross-over cable to a second computer.
Is it possible to connect a second pci network card that I could use
to get broadband?
Thanks
Paul
 
Thanks for all the replies and suggestions.
I'm pretty sure that they have true dsl broadband as they have
upgraded from dial-up sometime ago. Now they get about 550 kbps
download and I think around 200 kbps upload. So, although it's not
particularly fast, it's certainly not dial-up.
A wireless router certainly sounds like a viable option.
I understand that they have a pci network card in the computer to
which the modem feeds the broadband. The pci card is then connected
via a cross-over cable to a second computer.
Is it possible to connect a second pci network card that I could use
to get broadband?
Thanks
Paul- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Click to expand...

One Broadband modem per tel phone line ONLY! You can not have
multiple boardband modems on the same connection, at the same time.

Get a router, if you need to be the "third" PC in the set up. If not,
just use the "second" computer's cable.
 
One Broadband modem per tel phone line ONLY! You can not have
multiple boardband modems on the same connection, at the same time.

Get a router, if you need to be the "third" PC in the set up. If not,
just use the "second" computer's cable.
Click to expand...

Does your comment "just use the "second" computer's cable."
mean that a second pci network card on the first computer is out of
the question?
Using the second computer's cable would be fine were it not that there
is also a second computer user.
 
Back
Top