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Broadband Fix - Leaving Router connected permanently ?
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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 921793" data-attributes="member: 199791"><p>The length of how much ethernet cable you can use varies it seems, some say 100M (for everything, Cat5, Cat5E, Cat6, etc.), some say 200M (for cat6), so, 40M is well within spec... <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>When I had PlusNet fibre (the fake FTTC type, not real FTTP fibre) installed, the modem had to sit next to the master socket, and my wifi router is upstairs, I had previously installed a Cat5, 3x Pair twisted-pair telephone extension from the master to my bedroom as the intention was to have the ADSL modem (at the time) & wifi router up there and keep the master socket clutter free and the wifi signal nice and balanced between the house, worked fine for the ADSL using the green pair as an ADSL extension, but the fibre, not so much, the speeds received were half that of next to the master, so, I converted the extension into an ethernet cable, snapped on a properly wired RJ45 plug, connected that to the vDSL modem's ethernet socket, and that sends a 100Mbit ethernet signal upstairs to the wifi router, and everything's ticketyboo... <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Still need to sort out a small UPS to power the modem in a power failure, but, no rush... <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 921793, member: 199791"] The length of how much ethernet cable you can use varies it seems, some say 100M (for everything, Cat5, Cat5E, Cat6, etc.), some say 200M (for cat6), so, 40M is well within spec... :) When I had PlusNet fibre (the fake FTTC type, not real FTTP fibre) installed, the modem had to sit next to the master socket, and my wifi router is upstairs, I had previously installed a Cat5, 3x Pair twisted-pair telephone extension from the master to my bedroom as the intention was to have the ADSL modem (at the time) & wifi router up there and keep the master socket clutter free and the wifi signal nice and balanced between the house, worked fine for the ADSL using the green pair as an ADSL extension, but the fibre, not so much, the speeds received were half that of next to the master, so, I converted the extension into an ethernet cable, snapped on a properly wired RJ45 plug, connected that to the vDSL modem's ethernet socket, and that sends a 100Mbit ethernet signal upstairs to the wifi router, and everything's ticketyboo... :) Still need to sort out a small UPS to power the modem in a power failure, but, no rush... :) [/QUOTE]
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