RJ11 Cable Run

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Hey all,

Was originally thinking of having the Wireless internet in the bedroom. However, when I tested the router I've bought the reception is poor due to it (master socket) being situated behind the boiler in the adacent room.

I have been thinking of several ways to solve this..

1) Moving my master socket to another room
2) Running a RJ11 cable through the loft (it's a bungalow)
3) Running the router off an extension

There's just a few problems...

1) Too much hassle, considering it's a new build
2) I have to crawl in the ceiling to run the RJ11 cable
3) I've heard that running ADSL off an extension is not advised - Plus I have a filtered master socket, so it's not an option to ditch it.

Obviously, running the RJ11 cable is the easier solution for me, but I have a few concerns. I run Cat5 lengths all the time, so I'm assuming an RJ11 cable is the same (=distance is not a huge concern)

If anyone has run a long RJ11 cable from their modem in a simular situation, can you chime in as I'm getting the net tomorrow so I will need to whack the cable in.

FYI: The run is <10m (more like 7m) in a straight line from the bedroom

Cheers,
EVH
 
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Is putting the router right next to the master socket and running RJ45 to a network switch a viable option? It'd certainly be better than running loads of RJ11 cable, plus if you need a phone extension you can run it through the same cable as the network if you don't need gigabit from the router, which I heavily doubt is the case.

edit: Ok, I didn't read the question properly initially :o

Best option would be to do as above and stick an access point on the switch as running an adsl modem/router off a long telephone extension is likely to degrade the speed of the line.
 
Would the access point basically boost/relay the signal then?

This could be a better solution if so!
 
I think most APs have 2 modes, Access Point and Relay.

Relay will take an existing signal and boost it, and access point will provide wireless access to an existing wired network, so if you've got a signal half way you could stick an access point there on relay/repeater mode and get a signal without having to run all that cable. I've never done it before though so I'm not sure how successful it usually is.
 
I'm going to get an Access point :)

Hopefully, my plan is to run my Cat5e to the AP from the router (so I don't have to rely on wireless off the router itself) I can then just use the AP's Wireless signal which will be in the living room.

Anyone see any problems with that method? Things to look out for?
 
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