| home previously setup for uverse...need setup for dsl I called At&t to have dsl service installed at our place. They came and did the work outside to the box on side of the house, but left a note on our door explaining that our house was previously wired for U-verse and they may need to get inside to rewire the jacks for dsl.
When I called them up to setup a time for this to be done, they said it would cost 85.00.
Is this something I can do myself? If so how difficult of a task is it? |
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 wayjacPremium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
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kudos:1 | said by Shartski :Is this something I can do myself? If so how difficult of a task is it? Yes you should be able to do this yourself |
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| Is there a difference in how the phone jacks are wired for DSL vs UVerse?
I was told by someone today (just watercooler talkin with a tech guy) that my jacks should still be wired as standard phone jacks - that there is no difference in how a phone jack is wired for dsl or for uverse. Is this incorrect? |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
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kudos:1 | There is no difference in how a phone jack is wired for dsl or for uverse
Do you have att voice service
What dsl package did you order
What modem do you have |
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| We do not have att voice service. Just directv which is what I bundled this with. I ordered the cheapest dsl package, I believe it was 3Mbps package. The modem I have is a D-Link DSL-2320B. |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
Indy
kudos:1 | It may be as simple as connecting two wires at the nid and if the inside wiring has not been changed since you had uverse you can use the same wall jack to connect the modem
A picture of the inside of the nid would be helpful |
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dingoPremium
join:2009-02-08
kudos:1 | reply to Shartski
Did you have VOIP with the UVerse?? |
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ok took a few pics of the nid:
»i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/···5aa6.jpg
»i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/···e607.jpg
and behind the wall jacks inside:
»i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/···fd7f.jpg
»i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/···f53b.jpg
I am not sure about VoIP with uverse as we just moved into this place and it was prev owner that had uverse. |
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dingoPremium
join:2009-02-08
kudos:1 | Which pictured jack are you useing for your DSL? |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
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kudos:1 | reply to shartski
You should take the modem to the nid each of the modules will open up and reveal a rj11 jack one of the modules will have the dsl signal
Connect the modems dsl port to each test jack when the dsl light glows steady that will indicate which module has the dsl signal
The surface mounted wall jack looks like it has a orange/white wire pair and it looks like one of the cables in the nid also has a orange/white wire pair
If you connect the orange/white wire pair to the nid module that has the dsl signal you'll have dsl at that wall jack |
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| reply to dingo
i have tried all jacks in house except for the one mounted to the baseboard. |
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| reply to wayjac
ok I'm working on opening the box to reveal the modules but there's a special kind of Allen screw with a point on the center holding the door shut and I'm not sure I have the right tool to open it.  |
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here is the jack in living room:
»i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/···abfd.jpg |
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 graysonfPremium,MVM
join:1999-07-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to shartski
said by shartski :ok I'm working on opening the box to reveal the modules but there's a special kind of Allen screw with a point on the center holding the door shut and I'm not sure I have the right tool to open it.
That side of the NID is the teleco's. You don't need to get in there, and that's why you don't have the right tool. |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
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kudos:1 | reply to shartski
said by shartski :ok I'm working on opening the box to reveal the modules You are trying to open the telco compartment that's not neccessary the modules are exposed you just need to open the covers
This picture should help you understand
said by shartski :but there's a special kind of Allen screw with a point on the center holding the door shut and I'm not sure I have the right tool to open it A pocket screwdriver will unfasten that tamper-proof fastner |
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 ycool
join:2001-12-04
Miami, FL | reply to Shartski
From your pics it looks to me like the dsl is wired to the phone jack that's mounted to the baseboard. |
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Thanks for all the help, guys! It was raining pretty hard last night so I wasn't able to try anything with the NID, but I did try the outlet upstairs and it worked!
It looks like every jack in the house is wired differently. Why would they do that?
I'm just glad there's 1 that works.  |
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 nightshade74Yet another genxerPremium
join:2004-11-06
Prattville, AL
 ·Charter
 ·voip.ms
| said by shartski :Thanks for all the help, guys! It was raining pretty hard last night so I wasn't able to try anything with the NID, but I did try the outlet upstairs and it worked!
It looks like every jack in the house is wired differently. Why would they do that?
I'm just glad there's 1 that works.
Take a look at the one that works. Is the Yellow/Black pair connected to the Red/Green connectors on the faceplate?
I'm guessing somewhere along the line the house you're
in had a second line. If you take another outlet and
move the yellow/black to the red green of the face
plate I bet it would work. |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
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kudos:1 | reply to shartski
said by shartski :It looks like every jack in the house is wired differently You may think this is so
The different colors may lead you to think this
The nid has what looks like four cables and each cable has at least 2 wire pairs |
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 CanezoidWe are the Corps
join:2001-02-16
Powder Springs, GA
 ·AT&T U-Verse
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Your pic of the guts in the NID shows a splitter & it's not a VDSL balun for uverse, it was prev used for ADSL there.
The pic of your baseboard jack shows an orange/white pair dedicated there, while that homerun is also visible in the NID, be willing to bet that's the pair connected to the data port on that splitter. That baseboard jack is the location in the house where your DSL modem will sync. Any other jack in the house either will not work or will sync up degraded & will cause noise on your landline, if you are using it for voice.
Just rewire from that splitter outside either directly to the network EBN (the orange & gray thingee) or just directly to the data port on that splitter. No need to even mess w/ the jacks inside. |
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