I want BT to come out and reconnect the drop cable on my house. My router will be located on the ground floor roughly in the centre of the house, ideally I'd want the master socket close to this.
I could put in some suitable cable to run from the drop cable junction box where it comes into the house down to the router for a master socket to be connected, but then this might be an issue with fault finding as the MS is not right next to the drop cable but 15m further along an extension.
The other option is to put the MS near the drop cable and use the cable I run as an extension from the MS to the router. In this scenario the MS will be installed in the loft space or the corner of the loft bedroom and a slave socket near the router.
What would be the better option, does it make any difference to the line quality at the router to run the 15m extension to the MS or from the MS? Would BT have a preference as to the location of the MS?
I could put in some suitable cable to run from the drop cable junction box where it comes into the house down to the router for a master socket to be connected, but then this might be an issue with fault finding as the MS is not right next to the drop cable but 15m further along an extension.
The other option is to put the MS near the drop cable and use the cable I run as an extension from the MS to the router. In this scenario the MS will be installed in the loft space or the corner of the loft bedroom and a slave socket near the router.
What would be the better option, does it make any difference to the line quality at the router to run the 15m extension to the MS or from the MS? Would BT have a preference as to the location of the MS?