Is it ok to use two DSL filters that are meant for use at the NID? Can I use microfilters in place of the NID filters?
The structure was built in the 1920s and the phone lines are a bit of a mess. It appears to be a combination of bus and star topology. At the NID, it splits off to two branches. One of them is the bus leg with 3 phones hanging off it. The other leg from the NID goes to about 3/4 way to teh back of the structure and forms a star, one of them with the DSL modem.
The only way I could forsee making this work is to use two NID type filters. One would sit by the NID and the bus branch would hang off the voice side of the filter and the star branch hangs off the DSL side.
The second DSL filter would sit at the center of the star.
Due to the number of phones, I don't think it would be a good idea to use microfilters here. The NID filters are more expenisve, but I think it might be the only way to go. Or do I have other options.
The structure was built in the 1920s and the phone lines are a bit of a mess. It appears to be a combination of bus and star topology. At the NID, it splits off to two branches. One of them is the bus leg with 3 phones hanging off it. The other leg from the NID goes to about 3/4 way to teh back of the structure and forms a star, one of them with the DSL modem.
The only way I could forsee making this work is to use two NID type filters. One would sit by the NID and the bus branch would hang off the voice side of the filter and the star branch hangs off the DSL side.
The second DSL filter would sit at the center of the star.
Due to the number of phones, I don't think it would be a good idea to use microfilters here. The NID filters are more expenisve, but I think it might be the only way to go. Or do I have other options.