Help with how to get a wired connection?

[Nayngnottz94]

Ive recently purchased my first computer, ive learnt which parts are what and everything here is the build ** No Competitors **
My only problem is i have no idea what to purchase for a wired connection? My pc will be in my bedroom upstairs, and our router is downstairs in the living room, we are on virgin. And its laggy most times. So how would i go about doing this?

 

[Nayngnottz94]

Do you mean you're on a wireless connection...and you want to use Ethernet ?

Also you will need to remove the competitor links

Yeah sorry mate thats what i meant lol, im on a wireless connection, but people are telling me id be better off with a wired connection, and dont know what to purchase

 

[Nayngnottz94]

Assuming that your router has RJ45 (Ethernet) ports empty and you have installed your motherboard drivers you should just need to head over to here and pick a cable that is long enough to reach between the two devices. Your motherboard supports Gigabit/s networking so Cat 5e cable is appropriate (Cat 6 supports greater speeds but is generally less flexible due to shielding and is backwards compatible with Cat 5e etc).

Just make sure the description on the page for the part you pick says something along the lines of "connect your computer to your router/switch" rather than "to directly connect 2 computers together" just incase your router doesn't support adaptive cable topologies.

Right so just buy a cable that will fit from my router to my pc?

 

[Nayngnottz94]

That should be all you need to do hardware wise. Like I say it's worth checking your router has wired ports available (unusual not to have them but still).

I think im gunna need a longer cable mate, my bedroom is on the opposite side of the house to the router lol,

 

[Nayngnottz94]

That should be all you need to do hardware wise. Like I say it's worth checking your router has wired ports available (unusual not to have them but still).

You reckon its worth getting another router installed? Will this give my Pc better performance than the one downstairs being so far away?

 

[Nayngnottz94]

You'd be better off fitting a gigabit switch fed from the router, then using the switch to connect your pc.

Run a cable from your router to this switch, then a cable from the switch to your pc, that's If you can't find a cable long enough.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tp-l...rts-plastic-case-tl-sg1005d-v6-nw-174-tp.html

Brilliant mate so will this effect my virgin router in anyway? Cheers for the help

 

[Nayngnottz94]

Ordered a couple of them 30 metre cable wire things lads, but my cousins just said i need a wall adapter so gunna give the wires a shot n see how the internet is, i also bought a box which i believe sits between the two wires to make them go longer? Not sure lol will see how it goes not the end of the world isit

 

[Nayngnottz94]

What is the distance? You can buy a 100m reel, then chop it to size and use an rj45 crimp tool to make any sized cable you want.

Since it's cable without ends on it, you can drill 6mm holes through walls etc to hide it.

Or i could just do exactley that haha, will give this a shot first before i unbox the wires!

 

[Nayngnottz94]

Blimey you must have one massive house. I've recently wired from router to upstairs bedroom. Although we went through ceiling and floorboards, I ordered 20M cat6 still got plenty spare.

4x5m bedroom. 4x5 livingroom.

I aint got a clue mate, id say its over 100 M to my bedroom, maybe... ill have to measure it, should have measured it first to be honest, just got overly excited about getting a pc!

 

[Nayngnottz94]

Haha, was going to say the same thing. 100 metres is crazy long.

Sorry, 60!!! Would fit definetly

 

[Nayngnottz94]

Nice one for all the help lads this really is a great forum, only signed up cus my cousin said this sites full of top lads and theyll give you all the help needed, one more thing my cpu says ntel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor and its listed as 91 watts, but on the delivery note theyve sent me a 95 watts? Is this a typo?
These are the specs ive ordered

1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo "Ultra High Performance, 4 Direct Contact Heat Pipes, Universal CPU Cooler" Black Fan @ 24.89GBP
1 x 850W Corsair RM Series 80PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply @ 108.98GBP
1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.50GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor @ 179.94GBP
1 x G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series DDR4 2400MHz 8GB(4GBx2) Memory Kit For Skylake @ 40.69GBP
1 x 1TB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive - MZ-75E1T0BW/EU @ 229.98GBP

MSI NVIDIA GTX 970 Gaming Twin Frozr HDMI DVI-I DP Graphics Card (4GB, PCI Express, DDR5, 256 Bit)

Corsair CC-9011052-WW Carbide Series SPEC-03 Mid-Tower ATX Gaming Case with Red LED Fan - Black

Asus Z170-A Motherboards
Cheers again