Best cable to connect my Cable modem

mc6701 · 27 Sep 2008 at 21:41

Hi All,

Just had a move around and now my cable modem is in a different place.

The cable that goes from the NTL/Virgin box on the wall is not long enough to reach it new home so need to buy one but not sure what i need to get.....the cable looks like a coax cable with f connectors on the end!!??

So do i just need to get a good quality sat coax cable and put some f connectors on the end or is it more compilcated than that?? :confused:

Cheers in advance.

ps. have just ordered come Cat 6 cable to connect to router and desk top. :cool:

Phemo · 27 Sep 2008 at 22:32

Yeah that'll do the job fine. Some coax cable and F-type connectors is all there is to it.

daveyp · 28 Sep 2008 at 01:11

best to get some Webro WF100 cable which is a high grade digital cable coax as standard sat cable coax is not v good.

PhillyDee · 28 Sep 2008 at 11:10

daveyp said:
best to get some Webro WF100 cable which is a high grade digital cable coax as standard sat cable coax is not v good.

Maybe so, but it will work fine

Ice Rich · 28 Sep 2008 at 15:09

daveyp said:
best to get some Webro WF100 cable which is a high grade digital cable coax as standard sat cable coax is not v good.

I think i replaced my cable with a shorter normal sat cable ages ago. I've just looked at some of that Webro stuff.

What advantages would it have over normal cable though? Higher quality of data?

rayer · 28 Sep 2008 at 16:59

Be careful with the Cat6 cable, they are not as strong or as flexible as Cat 5.

PhillyDee · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:31

Im guessing the better quality of cable would mean its less prone to interference. Which if its a long run, would be more beneficial. Same as if its running alongside power cables etc.

mc6701 · 28 Sep 2008 at 20:56

Thanks all,

Got some webro wf100 from a aution site.......

Thanks.