ques for tecs

[toby69]

i have a 10 metre phone cable extending from telephone hall socket (main) to router in lounge then rj45 cable from router to box, question is, would there be any benefit converting to homeplugs. thanks

[odysseas1991]

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No, 10 metres is not really a significant distance to deteriorate line quality and speeds so there is no point. I know this from experience because I have seen 30m+ cable and it has no affect whatsoever so don't worry about it. Any glitching and freezing is from the server only.

[ivngat76]

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I also have 8 metre phone cable but I don't have any problem with ADSL: good speed (6 Mbit/s ) and good ping

[happy camper]

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Hi Toby I think the only thing you would gain will be neatness i.e. less cables lying around. I use plugins no problems to save a 30 metre run. Cheers...

[noypi]

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wired network works better than wireless so you will gain no benefit aside from what happy camper said. it would just look better without wires.

[toby69]

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thats it them shall not bother, no hardship for us to put up with bit of cable about, an what do you do with homeplugs in the end if satellite finishes thro net, bin job i suppose.

[euroslob]

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i have a 10 metre phone cable extending from telephone hall socket (main) to router in lounge then rj45 cable from router to box, question is, would there be any benefit converting to homeplugs. thanks

Home network plugs are fine if you are going to run your top box from it, the one I use is 80 mbps and is connected to a 5 port netgear switch which has two stb's and the telly plugged into it, the router is in the upstairs office.

But however running a router off an extension lead is not really a good idea! What I did was to use external BT telephone cable from the master socket in my front porchway and routed it on the outside wall to the upstairs office, via an extra socket for the living room.

Each phone of course has a filter.

Before carring out this rewire I used to run my router from an extension lead which proved to be unreliable. Like I said network plugs are fine and much neater to use too.

[toby69]

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think i gonna leave as it is as its bin like it for over 6 months now with no hint of a problem, there is also on the market 200 mbps homeplugs which are suppose to be better, the router only supplys the sat box, an lap top wifi, so not very complicated an messy.

[cannydo]

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I have both toby the 200 and the 85 work perfect. Like you say if it aint broken why fix it.