Add second modem to DSL phone line to extend internet?

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networkme
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Add second modem to DSL phone line to extend internet?

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I have looked, and looked, and no luck…

I need to get my internet to reach to a new home office that is too far for wireless, and which cannot be hard-wired with ethernet, coaxial, etc. I foolishly assumed that since there’s a phone jack in there, it’d be a piece of cake. Not cake.

FYI:
I cannot get a second DSL line, as there are none available.
I cannot run ethernet/coaxial, etc. out there.
Powerline will not work, as power cables are separate.
There is a working phone/DSL connection there.

Is there any way at all to use existing DSL phone line from jack to add a second modem or modem as repeater to DSL network? I have two modems and a router i’m willing to sacrifice to the cause.

**Surely, there must be a way to use the cables on which the internet signal comes into the house to set up a second wifi spot?? ** Some hack, some device, something?

If not can anyone at explain why? This seems like such an obvious boon to humankind.

thanks for your time!
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Phone line bridges...similar to coax or powerline bridges...but they use phone lines.
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Post by SamirD »

I hope you've found a solution to your problem as it's a tough one. I ran into a similar issue when trying to hardware Internet at a hotel that had 4 buildings. Luckily, they had 20 year old non-category anything plain copper telephone wire running between them.

And I used three sets of these ethernet extenders to get 10Mbps ethernet to all the buildings:
http://www.netsys-direct.com/product_p/nv-600ekit.htm

Although they call for twisted pair wiring, I assure you that running straight wire to punch down blocks and block to rj11 adapters works perfectly fine. In fact, it works so well that they've almost been in operation for half a decade now (maybe longer).

The problem that you will face is where that phone jack terminates. If it terminates close to where a phone jack from your main house is, you're in luck. All you have to do is bridge these two connections with a phone cord (a nice twisted pair would be super), and then connect one of these boxes on each end and let them sync. Then you can do a speed test and see what type of bandwidth you're getting.
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