Virgin Media cable

stokecity_m · 18 Oct 2011 at 21:58

Hi,

i currently have 50mb virgin media setup in the front living room and would like to move it up stairs.

Is it possible to buy the white cable they use to connect to the superhub?
How long could the cable be before performance was affected?

Cheers in advance.

Swifty55 · 18 Oct 2011 at 22:11

Can you not just run an Ethernet cable up?

stokecity_m · 18 Oct 2011 at 22:13

Swifty55 said:
Can you not just run an Ethernet cable up?

nope

i've got 3 ethernet cables running from the point in the bedroom. So need the hub up there.

I did use another router and just had the superhub set as a modem, but i was getting really bad speeds.

Deception · 19 Oct 2011 at 08:06

It's normally F-type coax cable.

sedmonds · 19 Oct 2011 at 08:35

Shouldn't lose any speed running the cable up there, however, what I did was left the modem where it was and added a (cheap) gigabit switch, then ran an ethernet cable up to a second switch in my office upstairs.

PhillyDee · 19 Oct 2011 at 08:43

You can use double shielded satellite cable. It uses F connectors on the ends. The virgin ones are a special type of crimping connector, but screw on satellite ones work just as well.

deuse · 19 Oct 2011 at 09:08

Why not use a switch?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-011-TP&groupid=46&catid=1626&subcat=

mmj_uk · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:08

I replaced my white coaxial cable with a 2m version of this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/F-Connect...onEle_SatCableFreeview_RL&hash=item3f0a63d464

Mainly because I didn't need 20m of cable with the modem situated right next to the wall socket.

awinchurch · 19 Oct 2011 at 19:53

PhillyDee said:
You can use double shielded satellite cable. It uses F connectors on the ends. The virgin ones are a special type of crimping connector, but screw on satellite ones work just as well.

No they dont!

TechFunctions · 19 Oct 2011 at 19:56

awinchurch said:
No they dont!

Never had a problem with the F Type SAT Connectors. Was always maxing out my Virgin Connection.

awinchurch · 19 Oct 2011 at 19:58

All I will say is if you want it moving then either get virgin media to move it for you or try to convince a tech to leave you some cable and come back to put the ends on.

There is not a lot of cable on the market that can handle the bandwidth needed for VM. Satellite cable is crap and most of it says suitable for virgin media but its not

awinchurch · 19 Oct 2011 at 20:04

Nick.123 said:
Never had a problem with the F Type SAT Connectors. Was always maxing out my Virgin Connection.

Its all to do with ingress/egress and the way the connectors fit. I suppose if you use the correct tool to strip the cable then they technically would be fine if you buy good quality ones but I'm forever replacing crappy satellite cable and dodgy screw on f connectors because of people having faults.

Most problems will be a low SNR on upstream due to dodgy connectors allowing noise into the network

PistolPete · 19 Oct 2011 at 21:01

awinchurch said:
No they dont!

Mine where definitely crimped on as one fell off! Replaced it with a screw type one and it was rock solid.

Swifty55 · 19 Oct 2011 at 21:11

stokecity_m said:
nope

i've got 3 ethernet cables running from the point in the bedroom. So need the hub up there.

I did use another router and just had the superhub set as a modem, but i was getting really bad speeds.

Buy a switch as others have said - will be less hassle.

stokecity_m · 19 Oct 2011 at 21:29

the swtich isn't something i've looked at, the trouble i will also have is i need the wifi part also moving to the bedroom as my phones wont reach to the superhub at the moment.

Mel_P · 19 Oct 2011 at 21:43

I bought a 10metre double ended pre-made cable from m****** to use with TV box and no probs. Use 3m cable on my 30MB modem with no probs

Mel

PhillyDee · 20 Oct 2011 at 07:34

awinchurch said:
No they dont!

Yes they do. Sky use the screw on type. Virgin use a nickel plated screw one, which uses a small plastic ferrule to crimp the end on. It requires a special tool to push the end on.

Kol · 20 Oct 2011 at 11:27

PhillyDee said:
Yes they do. Sky use the screw on type. Virgin use a nickel plated screw one, which uses a small plastic ferrule to crimp the end on. It requires a special tool to push the end on.

Yip. As said above, it's not essential that you use crimp ones, I've used screw on connectors in the past, but yes VM themselves in every install I've seen have always used crimp ons.

arknor · 20 Oct 2011 at 13:03

becarefully extending the cable connected to the modem the signal levels might not be strong enough if you make it to long and you could have all kinds of issues

PistolPete · 20 Oct 2011 at 14:52

arknor said:
becarefully extending the cable connected to the modem the signal levels might not be strong enough if you make it to long and you could have all kinds of issues

Whilst this is true, provided you use OK quality cable & connect the plug OK then there should not be much degradation of the signal.

Anyways, all the people I personally know have attenuators fitted to their cables, so a little less signal would be welcome!!