is there something free that I can download that will tell me the calls i'm missing on my landline when online.

Fr_Chuck

Are you using a dial up modem ?

mommy32008

no i'm not using a dial up modem

Benjimeister

If you're not on a dial-up connection, there's no reason why your landline phone wouldn't work while online.

KeepItSimpleStupid

So, it's DSL I presume and when you pick up the phone while online you hear an ocean like sound. True or False?

Are you using DSL filters? How many? How many phone devices?

mommy32008

I have to unplug my phone to get online and visa virsa so I don't know if there is an ocean sound
I believe we have one filter on the phone and one might be on the computer but i'm not sure (I don't know alot about filters or computers) the computer is plugged into a black box that has lights that flash on it and it has power, ethernet, usb, dsl, and internet written on it. lol guess it's dsl

Stratmando

If you plugged in a phone splitter(allows 2 phones to be plugged into 1 line)then plug phone and computer in, Then If you hear Dialing then you have dial up.
If it is DSL, A DSL splitter may solve your problem.

KeepItSimpleStupid

So it's DSL. We are getting somewhere.

Can we assume one phone and one DSL modem?

No anwsering machine? No alarm system? No other phones?

Filters can have 2 jacks or one. Let's assume one for now.
The filter belongs only on the phone and mot the modem (black box).

mommy32008

yes it's one phone and one modem no answering machine no alarm system and no other phones

KeepItSimpleStupid

Excelsus Technologies: Products: DSL Filters

Is the filter like the Z-200SM

Single-Line DSL Filter

DSL Filters, Splitters and Phone Accessories Excelsus Technologies: : Z-200SM Single-Line DSL Filter, Wide-Band Performance

or

2 Jacks (Z-320P2J)

DSL Filters, Splitters and Phone Accessories Excelsus Technologies: : Z-330P2J ANSI Single-Line DSL Filter

What type of filter(s) and how many?