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Is the data extension kit only necessary if your master socket and router are far apart?

Also is there any power required for the master socket?

Excuse my ignorance but I don't really have a clue about fibre installations!
 
Hamster said:
Is the data extension kit only necessary if your master socket and router are far apart?

Also is there any power required for the master socket?

Excuse my ignorance but I don't really have a clue about fibre installations!
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Fibre installations require an openreach modem and a separate router which sky will provide. So ideally the modem is required to be next to the master socket. The master socket itself does not require power, however the openreach modem will. So if you do not have a power source, the engineer will either move the master to an existing extension, or install a data extension kit to wherever you want it. A data extension kit is a filtered extension for use with a modem/router. To prevent having cables run all over the house, I got the data extension kit installed in my pc room and am using powerlines to feed it around the house. The sky router will need power too.
 
Naan_H said:
Fibre installations require an openreach modem and a separate router which sky will provide. So ideally the modem is required to be next to the master socket. The master socket itself does not require power, however the openreach modem will. So if you do not have a power source, the engineer will either move the master to an existing extension, or install a data extension kit to wherever you want it. A data extension kit is a filtered extension for use with a modem/router. To prevent having cables run all over the house, I got the data extension kit installed in my pc room and am using powerlines to feed it around the house. The sky router will need power too.
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Great stuff, thanks again :)

It's hard to describe but the master socket is in a cupboard that goes underneath the eaves of a roof and there isn't any power source in there.

Sounds like it should be OK with one blast of the drill though as the cupboard is just one partition wall away from where the I want the router (about 3m total distance from master socket to router).
 
Hamster said:
Great stuff, thanks again :)

It's hard to describe but the master socket is in a cupboard that goes underneath the eaves of a roof and there isn't any power source in there.

Sounds like it should be OK with one blast of the drill though as the cupboard is just one partition wall away from where the I want the router (about 3m total distance from master socket to router).
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They can run wire upto 30m apparently
 
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12 hours in
 
Just had mine installed and looking good so far:

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The router is a bit rubbish though. Can't even change DNS servers on it (I'm on a MER connection).

Anyone know if I can use my old Netgear DG834GT instead of this Sagem effort?
 
Hamster said:
Just had mine installed and looking good so far:

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The router is a bit rubbish though. Can't even change DNS servers on it (I'm on a MER connection).

Anyone know if I can use my old Netgear DG834GT instead of this Sagem effort?
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don't think you can use the old Netgear as it does not do MER... there are some out there you can use.. the Billion 7800N i think its called seems to be touted around a lot as a good replacement.
 
enigma27 said:
don't think you can use the old Netgear as it does not do MER... there are some out there you can use.. the Billion 7800N i think its called seems to be touted around a lot as a good replacement.
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Thanks. I read about that one and the hacked firmware but it's a bit pricey.
 
Had my Sky Fibre go live today. Looks faster than BE. Currently downloading the Windows 7 SP1 x64 as a test of the speed. It's hanging around 2,900Kbps. :)

 
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Ours was installed yesterday.

from the router page, it shows the sync speed as the norm, but every time i do a speed test it varies from 7mb to 17mb.

My house is infront of the cabinet, and i realise i have to wait 10days, so i will.

BUT, the crux of the matter.

from the sky router, my PC is connected via devolo AV200 plugs, upstairs, and downstairs my TV/BP/consoles, are connected to a router being used as a switch, which is connected to a 3rd home plug.

Using o2 yesterday it was fine for me to stream content form my PC to any of the downstairs devices. Since the new router from sky, they do not see the PC at all. they still however connect to the internet. I have checked the UPNP page in the router and that is connected all well. Yet nothing is visable from the devices.

My PC is wired. but now when i click on network connections i can see its connected, and i recive the internet fine, but its only connect to "network" and not the name of the router.
 
Check they are all in the same subnet, check that only one router is doing dhcp, check that the "switch" isn't firewalling anything it shouldn't etc try pinging the different ip addresses they have.
 
I would connect the pc directly to the router. Then do a speed test.
This will give you the genuine max speed which are receiving.
 
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