I am changing providers and just subscribed to Qwest DSL and Direct TV. I do not have phone service (all cell phones in the household). They are coming next week and I am supposed to have the DSL jack installed by the time they come out to install. I'm having technicians come out for the Direct TV, but I am trying to alleviate the $100 for the DSL tech to set up my DSL since they charge another $100 on top of that to wire the jack. I am looking for help to make sure I'm setting this up right. From reading online, it seems there are going to be two coaxial cable lines for the Direct TV that will come in and I need one dry loop line for my DSL.
Where my TV is located now, there was no phone jack anywhere nearby. I have since cut out a hole in the drywall so I can bring in cables from my crawl space, up through the wall, and attach them to the new modular plate and jacks. To make it look nice I want to use a three empty space modular plate with two coaxial jacks and one phone jack.
For the DSL: I bought CAT5e cable and am going to run a dry loop for the DSL from the NID to this area. I understand I attach only the blue wires (blue/white and solid blue) to the NID at one end. At the jack end, I’m not sure what to use exactly for these corresponding blue wires. Do I just put in a regular RJ-11 jack into the plate and attach them or is there a different jack to use since it’s a CAT5e cable?
For the Direct TV: I am getting DVR and it says that I need to have it connected to a phone line. I’ve never had DVR before and am not sure how it works. Are the technicians just going to put a filter on the DVR with a splitter and run both the DSL modem and the DVR through the dry loop line? Or would it be better / possible to attach another of the dry loop wires (the orange wires for example) to a second phone jack just for the DVR? This way there would be two phone jacks and two coaxial cables on the modular plate. I’m not sure if this would interfere with the DSL connection. I’ve read stuff online that makes me think I may not be able to run both the DVR and DSL on the dry loop without frequently dropping my internet signal. Any suggestions or help is much appreciated.
Where my TV is located now, there was no phone jack anywhere nearby. I have since cut out a hole in the drywall so I can bring in cables from my crawl space, up through the wall, and attach them to the new modular plate and jacks. To make it look nice I want to use a three empty space modular plate with two coaxial jacks and one phone jack.
For the DSL: I bought CAT5e cable and am going to run a dry loop for the DSL from the NID to this area. I understand I attach only the blue wires (blue/white and solid blue) to the NID at one end. At the jack end, I’m not sure what to use exactly for these corresponding blue wires. Do I just put in a regular RJ-11 jack into the plate and attach them or is there a different jack to use since it’s a CAT5e cable?
For the Direct TV: I am getting DVR and it says that I need to have it connected to a phone line. I’ve never had DVR before and am not sure how it works. Are the technicians just going to put a filter on the DVR with a splitter and run both the DSL modem and the DVR through the dry loop line? Or would it be better / possible to attach another of the dry loop wires (the orange wires for example) to a second phone jack just for the DVR? This way there would be two phone jacks and two coaxial cables on the modular plate. I’m not sure if this would interfere with the DSL connection. I’ve read stuff online that makes me think I may not be able to run both the DVR and DSL on the dry loop without frequently dropping my internet signal. Any suggestions or help is much appreciated.