Hello Everyone,
I'll try to make this short. I had ATT come out long time ago and install a phone jack for Sattelite TV. I bought a computer and wanted internet. So I looked to see what ATT did. I followed that and installed another phone jack in the room for the computer and internet. I bought the phone jack and hooked the red to the "R" and the green to the "G". The black and yellow are not hooked up. Ran the phone line and hooked the white wire to the "G" and the blue to the "R". Have dial tone and internet. GOOD!
I bought another computer and want to get a phone in that room. So I did the same thing as the other room. I can't get a dial tone. I'm not trying to get another phone line. Just want another phone hooked up.
The phone line comes into the basement to a distrubution block that is about 2" x 3". It has 6 rows of 8, of what I call "bird beaks". I hooked the white wire in the same row as the last one I did and the blue wire to the same row as the last. Still no dial tone. So I moved the blue and white wires down a few rows but kept the same placement as before but still no dial tone.
What have I done wrong? Is there some place I can go to get the color code or the secrets that ATT won't tell anyone.
Thanks for all the help!
Allen
I'll try to make this short. I had ATT come out long time ago and install a phone jack for Sattelite TV. I bought a computer and wanted internet. So I looked to see what ATT did. I followed that and installed another phone jack in the room for the computer and internet. I bought the phone jack and hooked the red to the "R" and the green to the "G". The black and yellow are not hooked up. Ran the phone line and hooked the white wire to the "G" and the blue to the "R". Have dial tone and internet. GOOD!
I bought another computer and want to get a phone in that room. So I did the same thing as the other room. I can't get a dial tone. I'm not trying to get another phone line. Just want another phone hooked up.
The phone line comes into the basement to a distrubution block that is about 2" x 3". It has 6 rows of 8, of what I call "bird beaks". I hooked the white wire in the same row as the last one I did and the blue wire to the same row as the last. Still no dial tone. So I moved the blue and white wires down a few rows but kept the same placement as before but still no dial tone.
What have I done wrong? Is there some place I can go to get the color code or the secrets that ATT won't tell anyone.
Thanks for all the help!
Allen