Noobish question alert

Z3rotol3ranc3 · 28 Dec 2013 at 21:48

Hi i have a netgear router plugged i via a 25 ft phone extension cable is this likely to be slowing me down ? ie should i get a wifi card for pc and plug router in to phone socket downstairs rather than use long cable and plug pc into router with LAN cable? Is all that cable likely to be causing lag or anything like that? im a PC gamer u see... thanks for any thoughts/advice xD

andy_mk3 · 28 Dec 2013 at 21:51

It probably will do yes. Ideally you want the router plugged into the master socket with no extensions, and then use a longer ethernet extension instead.

Tealc · 28 Dec 2013 at 22:12

It depends on the phone extension. Some are cheap and flat and sometimes not even fully copper and may drop you download speed but wont adversely affect pings. If its a decent twisted pair extension then it's not likely making any palpable difference.

As above though the best solution is router right next to master socket with very short rj11 lead and Ethernet to pc or switch.

Wireless would be a bad idea and will be significantly worse than an extension cable in most cases.

Z3rotol3ranc3 · 29 Dec 2013 at 00:28

ok thanks for advice

Z3rotol3ranc3 · 29 Dec 2013 at 14:35

hi again need 15m ethernet cable-ocuk out of stock so ok to go to 30m or should i wait for stock of the 15m ? any difference in performance??

bremen1874 · 29 Dec 2013 at 16:01

No performance difference at all.

andy_mk3 · 29 Dec 2013 at 16:01

Ethernet is good for 100m