Plugging into master socket.

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I have read lots and lots about plugging into the master socket, but no actual figures or numbers. How much am i likely to gain if anything. Are we talking more realiabilty or just quicker speeds. 100kbs or like 1 meg?

At the moment i have to run out a phone extension line (25meter) to my pc. Wireless is not an option (old style house)

If i plugged into the master socket yes i would get away from a 25meter telephone line extension cable, but then i would have to run out a 25m ethernet cable. So aint it as long as its short?

Also i never seem to be able to find "line stats" ive just got a Be* thompson router so im guessing it wont be able to-do that??
 
Impossible to say, it depends on your house's internal extension wiring. It could make no difference or you could gain a meg or so. Just try it out and see, but if you have no extensions then it's likely to make zero difference.

Yes you can get line stats from the Be router. Go to Broadband Connection -> DSL Connection then click Details in the top right.
 
A 25ft ethernet cable is FAR more ideal than a 25ft phone cable.


Plugging into the master socket bumped me from 13Mb to 20Mb or so. My flat has horrible internal wiring though.
 
DSL Connection

Link Information

Uptime: 0 days, 17:53:38
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,274 / 7,099
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 19.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 21.0 / 37.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 6.5 / 6.0
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 11 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 1 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 1 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 45 / 3,534,460
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 45 / 70
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 4,051 / 45

Thats obv my line stats

Gonna try now in the master socket and see what happens.

Im gonna take the pc downstairs as i dont have a 25Meter ethernet cable. So i will be using a 2 Meter ethernet cable. Would i lose a lot of speed between 2Meters and 25 meters?

Thanks
 
Tripnologist said:
2ft - 25ft ethernet cable = little to no difference
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I think it has been stated on here before that ethernet cables hold the signal strength nigh on perfectly up to 100 metres, so there shouldn't be any issues at all. I personally would always recommend people to use ethernet over telephone cable; some of the sync speed jumps I've saw you wouldn't believe...
 
Forget speedtest's results, they're often unreliable at best. What was your line syncing at before and after?
 
I think its the same, i doubt the sync will change just like that???

** edit 0.7 of a meg ** D/L

DSL Connection

Link Information

Uptime: 0 days, 0:34:16
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,291 / 7,709
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 18.5
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 21.0 / 37.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 6.5 / 7.0
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 3,179
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 15
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 4,056 / 11
 
Yeah if your line conditions improve then your sync rate will improve straight away. Looks like you've gained 0.7mbit ish sync so that explains the extra half megabit download speed :)
 
If you connect at different times of the day it can also effect your connection speed, so unless you test it at the same time of day the results won't be that reliable.

ie if I connect in the morning I get 5.9mb if I connect in the evening I get 5mb.

I do use a 25Meter ethernet cable and found that it did make the line more stable but didn't have any effect on speed.
 
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