Im moving over from cable to sky broadband next week, the BT phone socket is in the hallway downstairs but i need the router in my bedroom upstairs as i have 5 things to connect to it so dont want to use wireless. My question is, will i be able to use an ordinary phone extension cable kit (10 meters) to put a socket in my room without loosing any speed/bandwidth? sky claim i should be able to get 12-16 mbit speeds, thx.
ADSL extension lead ok?
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So are you saying that i would loose speed using a phone extension lead set?
At the moment i am using a linksys wrt54gs router in my room connected to my cable modem, are you saying i could leave the sky router in the hallway & run a CAT5e cable to my linksys router in my room?
At the moment i am using a linksys wrt54gs router in my room connected to my cable modem, are you saying i could leave the sky router in the hallway & run a CAT5e cable to my linksys router in my room?
This is the better way of doing it.
You can then have a gigabit network in your room as the router will probably only have 100Mbit ports.
If you decide to buy or make your own, get proper CW1308 telephone cable which is shielded. I used to use a cheap extension cable and it was awful. Was getting static noise on the line and frequent dropouts. Also dont run them near electrical wires.
I dont think CAT5e has that problem.
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Just got my sky broadband sagum router delivered today, & looking at it there is a microfilter to go in the phone socket, then a little grey cable that goes to the router. This looks smaller than the ethernet cable, is this the Rj11 cable that was mentioned?
Also, i opened up a phone socket to have a peek, & all thats connected are two very thin wires, is this really enough to carry a 16mb line download speeds?? There were other wires in there as well but not connected up.
From where the BT line reaches the house from the street, there are what looks like only two wires that go into the house then into a little box where the wire changes to a slightly thicker one, these have been there for years & are very old, would there be any benifit in having these changed, would BT change them free of charge?
Also, i opened up a phone socket to have a peek, & all thats connected are two very thin wires, is this really enough to carry a 16mb line download speeds?? There were other wires in there as well but not connected up.
From where the BT line reaches the house from the street, there are what looks like only two wires that go into the house then into a little box where the wire changes to a slightly thicker one, these have been there for years & are very old, would there be any benifit in having these changed, would BT change them free of charge?
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I think the small grey cable goes from the modem to the microfilter.
More than likely the modem should have another output, either RJ45 or USB. If it is RJ45, then connect the cable going to the router. If it is USB, you will have to move the modem up to the PC with extension, and then output the PC to the router, then bridge the connections (ADSL and LAN). Not the best, but the only other way would be to buy an ADSL modem with RJ45 output.
Yes phone lines can work with just 2 wires which is another reason why the bandwidth is limited to that, otherwise you could probalby get 100Mb or greater broadband.
More than likely the modem should have another output, either RJ45 or USB. If it is RJ45, then connect the cable going to the router. If it is USB, you will have to move the modem up to the PC with extension, and then output the PC to the router, then bridge the connections (ADSL and LAN). Not the best, but the only other way would be to buy an ADSL modem with RJ45 output.
Yes phone lines can work with just 2 wires which is another reason why the bandwidth is limited to that, otherwise you could probalby get 100Mb or greater broadband.
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The number of pairs is somewhat irrelevant to bandwith, Duplex is dependant on the number of carriers in the media because of the nature of conventional current. Bandwidth in broadband transmission is dependant only on the quality of the conductor and the frequency spectrum it can maintain.
The kit at either end is limited to 24mbps for the ADSL2+ standard but a pair of very pure copper wires can carry much higher rates.
Yes the small grey wire goes from the modem to the microfilter, but is it called a Rj11 cable?
Im thinking about having the microfilter in the phone socket in the hallway, then running a longer Rj11 cable (if that is what it is called) upstairs to my bedroom.
Is there gonna be any benifit in replacing the old BT wires that run into the house with new ones?
Im thinking about having the microfilter in the phone socket in the hallway, then running a longer Rj11 cable (if that is what it is called) upstairs to my bedroom.
Is there gonna be any benifit in replacing the old BT wires that run into the house with new ones?
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not really, it'd increased your SNR maybe and reduce attenuation but these benefits would be dwarfed by the cost and hassle of getting the work done.
Yep.