my incoming phone wire is to a 2 wire junction box bt have connected to this the first master socket, can i connect another master socket to the same 2 wire j/box or is it absolutly necessary to loop from first master socket to an extention. i intend using broadband

derek charles, November 2007

thanks to you both,I know its not the correct way to connect i,e, direct to incoming box, but unfortunatly that is where the wire begins and runs from front to back of house,would need to run new wires. took first advice works o,k, no problem with broadband.next time i decorate will run new cables.

d.c, December 2007

I am afraid that the previous answer was incorrect. It is actually illegal to do as suggested. The Slave Sockets MUST be wired from the BT Master socket.

If you intend to use Broadband here are some tips. If you can, plug your router into the Master socket. It is is a modern (NTE5) socket (You can tell by undoing the two screws. It is has another socket underneath then it is an NTE5.) then it is even better to use a filtered faceplate. Which will mean that you won't need micro filters on the slave socket(s).

If you intend to plug your outer into the slave socket then connect ONLY the following wires to the slave: Blue & White to 2 and White & Blue to 5. DO NOT connect any other wires they are nopt need and can screw up your Broadband.

t, December 2007

Yes you can add another two wire master and everything will work but the normal practise is to connect all slaves to an existing master. This will not affect adsl as all phones modems will connect through a plug-in adsl filter which in turn is plugged into any phone outlet.

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baz, November 2007