How do you resolve a Bridged Tap?
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How do you resolve a Bridged Tap?
11-09-2017 8:57 PM
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My in-laws have this condition on their line, but I have no idea how to resolve. Would like to get them on fibre, but this is blocking. Can anyone advise?
Re: How do you resolve a Bridged Tap?
11-09-2017 9:09 PM
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https://community.plus.net/t5/Library/Testing-From-The-Master-Socket/ba-p/1322242
Anoush
Re: How do you resolve a Bridged Tap?
on 11-09-2017 9:58 PM - last edited on 12-09-2017 10:51 AM by dvorak
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No idea. Will have to take a look, it's an old tied cottage.
if I find one, I just do some tests? If it doesn't what then?
Moderator's note by Adie (Dvorak): Full quote of preceding post removed as per the forum rules
Re: How do you resolve a Bridged Tap?
11-09-2017 10:03 PM
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If it has a test socket, I'd recommend plugging the router into that and see if the bridge tap is still present.
We should be able to find out by testing your line so feel free to PM me their username once it's in the test socket.
If there is no test socket, it's a bit of a difficult situation. They could arrange for a third party, qualified engineer to take a look at their internal wiring, or risk an upgrade to fibre and if problems develop we can arrange an engineer visit.
The latter option would incur a callout charge of £65 if the issue turns out to be internal and the engineer may provide an updated master socket with a test socket.
Re: How do you resolve a Bridged Tap?
12-09-2017 10:46 AM
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If you can post a few pictures of the main socket it will give us few clues to help you.
E.g. A picture of the socket and a picture of the wiring if you open the socket. plus any details of junction boxes present. Some of these older installations can be a pain! Check if there are any extensions - and whether they are still needed / used?
Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: How do you resolve a Bridged Tap?
12-09-2017 7:21 PM
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@rolya wrote:
My in-laws have this condition on their line, but I have no idea how to resolve. Would like to get them on fibre, but this is blocking. Can anyone advise?
I thought that the Bridge Tap status only shows up if they're already on FTTC? What's telling you that there is a Bridged Tap? They could still get FTTC anyway, the speed would just be a bit slower.
Re: How do you resolve a Bridged Tap?
12-09-2017 7:23 PM
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I thought that the Bridge Tap status only shows up if they're already on FTTC?
That's a good point.
What's telling you that there is a Bridged Tap?
That'll be interesting to know.
Re: How do you resolve a Bridged Tap?
12-09-2017 7:40 PM
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12-09-2017 7:48 PM
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Yes, but I think it just shows as U for Unknown on ADSL lines.
Re: How do you resolve a Bridged Tap?
12-09-2017 8:07 PM
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Yes it was this site
http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/adsl/adslchecker.welcome
Seems now it what's reverted to a U status.
thank you for confirming that even if there is a Bridged tap, the line would still work if flipped to fibre
I will keep you posted on how this pans out, including the line checks when I get there in the next week or so
cheers all 🙂
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