broadband problems

[has]

Have a problem with wireless broadband due to the construction of a house (concrete floors) Have tried a better quality router with no luck. Bt points are wired in cat5e cable, is there anyway of utilizing the same cable for broadband.

 

[gblades]

Standard ethernet networking uses cat5 so if you have a spare lead running from the router to where you want the connection then you can just use that.

Alternativly you can get devices which send the data over the mains wiring. You could use one by the router and then either connect the other one directly to the pcs network port or another wireless access point.

 

[plugwash]

almost all cat5 cable has 4 pairs. Fast etherenet requires two pairs (gigabit requires all 4 but most domestic installations don't need that kind of speed) as does british style phone. Therefore it is perfectly possible to run both down the same peice of cat5 cable.

 

[SeanT]

However it's not recommended to run unfiltered pstn carrying broadband and ethernet data down the same cable, as it can affect the broadband sync and error rate - so I'm told, haven't verified it myself. You can also run ethernet down telephone cable for about 20-30 metres (but probably not 105m, the twists aren't really tight enough, although most modern telephone cable meets the official 10/100 cable spec)

almost all cat5 cable has 4 pairs. Fast etherenet requires two pairs (gigabit requires all 4 but most domestic installations don't need that kind of speed) as does british style phone. Therefore it is perfectly possible to run both down the same peice of cat5 cable.

 

[plugwash]

I doubt running ethernet and ADSL down the same cat5 cable would be much different from running them down two cables in close proximity.

Another option is to put the router next to the master socket and run a combination of ethernet and filtered voice down the cables.

 

[gblades]

I doubt running ethernet and ADSL down the same cat5 cable would be much different from running them down two cables in close proximity.

Another option is to put the router next to the master socket and run a combination of ethernet and filtered voice down the cables.

Well the interference from one wire onto another is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them so the additional separation of an additional cable could make a big difference.

 

[plugwash]

on the other hand the pairs within a cable have different twist rates to minimise interference between them while the pairs in two different cables may or may not have that.

If you are trying to drag that last bit of performace out of your ADSL max line though using a filter faceplate on the NTE5 with the router sited next to it is definately the way to go.

 

[SeanT]

If you're really keen you can fit a separate NTE5 for PSTN only elsewhere (if you have quite a few sockets) or change everything for capacitor sockets thus eliminating the ringer wire from the whole installation, and make up a twisted pair flylead for the connection to the router - check what dropwire is coming in too.