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    I'm sure there is such a simple answer to this Network Dilemma!

    As title - I just can't seem to get my head round the easiest (and most efficient way to do this)

    I currently have my Be modem connected to the lone phone socket in the house which is approx as the crow does not fly 15m's of extension away.

    I have today installed a Netgear GS108 to stop my router from bottle necking my NAS transfer speeds.

    Now I am thinking rather than use a nasty 15m BT extension lead I could use a 15m flat patch Cat5 cable instead and relocate the Be Modem next to the lone phone input and connect that to the switch.
    Should get better/more stable speeds hopefully.

    However and here is where I am unsure - I would like to have one of my 3 wireless DECT home phones in the office - the 'Base comander' (where the modem/dsl dongle/switchbox currently are) if I run an RJ45 up to the office am I stuck with the 'Base' DECT phone being @ the point where I would re position the ADSL splitter (ie where the phone line comes in)

    I would rather have a fixed wired standard phone there I have an old school turn the dial converted phone which would go nicely in there (it's an unused dining room) and the DECT base up here, but I am not sure how to do it, other than using a 2 way phone splitter at point - and running an RJ45 and an extension lead the 15m up to the study which seems nuts - Am I missing a very obvious solution here?

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    Re: I'm sure there is such a simple answer to this Network Dilemma!

    Ideally the modem should be as close as possible to the master socket - plugging it in that way then using a Cat5 cable to connect to the switch should be better as Ethernet is digital so speed shouldn't drop over a distance, whereas adding an extension to a phone line can add more noise to the line and lower your sync speed.
    Why can't you just hide the DECT base near the socket and use one of the phones with a charging stand in your office?

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    Re: I'm sure there is such a simple answer to this Network Dilemma!

    Keep the router as close to the main socket and use as small a RJ-11 cable as possible.

    When I lived with one of my mates, we had Be installed.

    When the router was downstairs setup right next to the socket, the shorter cable gave better connection speeds and we always connected around 18-19 Mbps.

    When a RJ-11 extension cable was used (20m) and this was ran round the living room, up the stairs and into 1 of the bedrooms where the router was relocated to, this dropped to around 12-15 Mbps.

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    Re: I'm sure there is such a simple answer to this Network Dilemma!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lee @ SCAN View Post
    Keep the router as close to the main socket and use as small a RJ-11 cable as possible.

    When I lived with one of my mates, we had Be installed.

    When the router was downstairs setup right next to the socket, the shorter cable gave better connection speeds and we always connected around 18-19 Mbps.

    When a RJ-11 extension cable was used (20m) and this was ran round the living room, up the stairs and into 1 of the bedrooms where the router was relocated to, this dropped to around 12-15 Mbps.
    why does it make such a difference? i would of thought the cable size / speed would be negligible

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    Re: I'm sure there is such a simple answer to this Network Dilemma!

    You would think so, after the signal has travelled a few km to your house, why would a few extra meters make a difference? But it does, I'm not entirely sure why...
    Maybe because extensions use lower gauge cable, increasing the attenuation?

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    Re: I'm sure there is such a simple answer to this Network Dilemma!

    Quote Originally Posted by watercooled View Post
    Ideally the modem should be as close as possible to the master socket - plugging it in that way then using a Cat5 cable to connect to the switch should be better as Ethernet is digital so speed shouldn't drop over a distance, whereas adding an extension to a phone line can add more noise to the line and lower your sync speed.
    Why can't you just hide the DECT base near the socket and use one of the phones with a charging stand in your office?
    I can do that - it's just that the room that the modem ideally would be in currently stocks lots of house decorating stuff and general clutter so we keep the door shut and effectively would lose the convenient use of one of the dect phones (one of my siamese cats has a penchant for wire wool and expensive paint brushes - which must be alarmingly detrimental to the condition said cat's health and only exacerbated by the cost of replacing DIY products and unpleasantness of constantly cleaning up cat sick!!!!!!!)

    I think I will come to terms with 'living' with two easily accessible dect phones





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    Re: I'm sure there is such a simple answer to this Network Dilemma!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lee @ SCAN View Post
    Keep the router as close to the main socket and use as small a RJ-11 cable as possible.

    When I lived with one of my mates, we had Be installed.

    When the router was downstairs setup right next to the socket, the shorter cable gave better connection speeds and we always connected around 18-19 Mbps.

    When a RJ-11 extension cable was used (20m) and this was ran round the living room, up the stairs and into 1 of the bedrooms where the router was relocated to, this dropped to around 12-15 Mbps.
    You might have other issues with the extension, being faulty cable or bellwire or something else

    If I connect the router to the extension I only lose about 1.5mbps from the sync speed.

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