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# Use a small screw driver to remove the faceplate - it may have wiring attached to it so be careful not to dislodge the wiring. If it is a newer NTE5C socket, then it should just unclip on the sides.

#Behind the faceplate is another telephone socket. Connect your broadband splitter to that and the router to the splitter.

#Leave connected here for an appropriate period of time to see if they problem goes away, e.g. 24 hours

#Leave connected here for an appropriate period of time to see if they problem goes away, e.g. 24 hours.

#If it does, the problem is in your internal wiring and it will be your responsibility to get that fixed.

If you do not have a master socket like this (meaning your phone installation dates to before ~1986), try connecting the broadband splitter to the first socket where the line comes in to the building, and connect the router to the splitter.

[[File:Master-sockets Examples.jpg|right|500px]]

[[File:TestSocketExample.png|left|500px]]

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