How to Use DSL With a Telephone

If you want to use DSL with your home or office phone, you need the right equipment and you need to know how to hook it up. Without this equipment and knowledge, the DSL signal may degrade your phone line and you will not get a clear connection. In addition, your phone won't work. Enjoy a fast and reliable Internet connection by observing the correct procedures for connecting your DSL for optimum performance.

• 1

  Shut down your computer during this installation procedure.

• 2

  Plug the DSL phone-line filter into the wall outlet that contains your incoming telephone line.

• 3

  Plug two standard phone lines into the DSL phone-line filter.

• 4

  Connect one standard phone line to the jack in your telephone and connect the other line to your DSL modem.

• 5

  Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to your DSL modem and connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to your computer.