Ethernet cable to connect cable modem to P.C

Legionaire68 · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:05

Landlord is swapping to NTL from BT and I don't think my wireless modem router will work, but he says he doesn't mind me using an ethernet cable up to room. Its going to be a fair way, looking at a 25m cable but I've seen 2 types Patch and Crossover.
Does anyone know which I want? :confused:

fRostiE · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:06

Legionaire68 said:
Landlord is swapping to NTL from BT and I don't think my wireless modem router will work, but he says he doesn't mind me using an ethernet cable up to room. Its going to be a fair way, looking at a 25m cable but I've seen 2 types Patch and Crossover.
Does anyone know which I want?

standard cat5 patch cable - not crossover.

Legionaire68 · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:08

Thanks, is there any speed loss using a long cable like?

fRostiE · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:09

Legionaire68 said:
Thanks, is there any speed loss using a long cable like?

nope.

Badger2003 · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:09

You'll be able to run a cable up to 100m without any problems. Just be careful running the cable - try to keep bends to a minimum and don't have sharp bends, etc.

Also try not the staple the cable / clip the cable in place too tightly, etc

Legionaire68 · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:18

Thanks for your replies, whole things a pain as I just bought an ADSL2 MIMO modem router that worked well :rolleyes:

Ricochet J · 25 Oct 2006 at 22:39

Badger2003 said:
You'll be able to run a cable up to 100m without any problems. Just be careful running the cable - try to keep bends to a minimum and don't have sharp bends, etc.

Also try not the staple the cable / clip the cable in place too tightly, etc

90m to be safe, 90m+ you'll see some signal degredation, 100m+ severe degredation

K.C. Leblanc · 26 Oct 2006 at 12:14

If you turn off the DHCP server in you're router you might still be about to use it as a wireless access point with it conected to the Cable Router.