ADSL Extension with CAT5

[paulheywood]

Hi there,

After about two months of phone calls to Sky and 4 Openreach visits I now have a pretty stable 3M link.

What I realised last night is that Openreach have left me with the inability to move the router back to it's original location (because they've fitted the v1.0 faceplate) so my ADSL is limited to that faceplate.

It's impractical to have the router plugged directly into that due to the lack of a power socket so what I'm proposing to do is run a < 5M CAT5 cable with an RJ11 on each end and site the Router where I want it.

Does anyone think that would give me additional problems ?

Is there a better option, I could buy a modded face plate and route the ADSL down the same phone extension that is still wired into the back of the v1.0 faceplate to an RJ11 and put the router near the phone - but this seemed worse as this looks like standard telephone cable that I can't replace.

Thanks for your time,

Paul.

[Isitme]

You will have no problem if you are only extending the ADSL cable to 5m. You can buy a good quality cable that length, this one is a bit longer - Belkin Hi-Speed Internet Modem Cable RJ11M-M 7.6M: Belkin: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

[paulheywood]

Thanks isitme - because I need to go through a wall I'm going to need to do the cutting/crimping myself with whatever cable B&Q have to offer. I might even wire it into a RJ11 socket and connect the Router to this new socket with the original Sky supplied grey wire.

[RUNITDIRECT]

This kit is designed to do what you want:- http://www.run-it-direct.co.uk/BTNTE2000EX10M.html

If you wanted to you can replace the BT ADSL faceplate with the 6 way version, then you can hard wire off the back with the above kit.