What type of cable to connect modem to wall socket?

Avoriaz

Hi, I currently have a TalkTalk wireless modem router Huawei HG521 connected to an extension wall socket in the living room of a six year old house with a 3m length of cable with terminals similar to this.



Four of the six pins are wired. Nothing else shares that wall socket. The house phone is plugged into the master socket in the hall.

I want to move the modem so I will need a 5 or 6 meter cable.

Do I need a four wire cable or will two wire do?

Do I need straight wired or crossover wired? I have a test meter so I could determine which pin goes to which pin on the existing cable but I probably still wouldn't know the answer.

Will 6 metres slow down my broadband speed?

I've tried googling but can't find a definitive answer and the TalkTalk site is down.

Thanks

neilwoods

Modem as in modem router. You sure it has a BT connection and not 2 of the smaller connections (rj11)

Avoriaz

It is a Huawei HG521.

Yes, the picture of the connectors is as I posted with the larger plug going in the wall socket and the smaller plug going in the modem/router.

espresso

Instead of moving the router away from the phone point by extending the ADSL cable it is better to leave it where it is and use a longer Ethernet cable to connect the router to your computer. This option will not affect the broadband speed. Ethernet cables are cheap as chips and come in many different lengths. If you really must extend the phone line use a good quality cable that uses twisted pair cable - only pins 2 & 5 are required.

Avoriaz

Thanks.

I connect my laptops wirelessly although I do use a Ethernet cable to connect my Vortexbox to the router.

I am moving the router primarily to give a stronger signal in one room of the house where we currently get wireless connection drop outs. Cabling will also be tidier and less visible in the new location.

If two wire is sufficient is that straight or crossover?

Thanks

Figment

If your lead has a BT plug one end and RJ11 at the other, I suspect you have no micro-filter in-line.

neilwoods

So the OP is saying he plugs his ADSL modem router directly into the BT master socket without using ADSL filter. Even if the OP was using a combined BT socket and adsl faceplate, it would still require a rj11 - rj11 cable.

espresso

Avoriaz wrote: »

If two wire is sufficient is that straight or crossover?

Straight. A properly wired fixed extension socket is the best option rather than using an extension cable.

Figment wrote: »

If your lead has a BT plug one end and RJ11 at the other, I suspect you have no micro-filter in-line.

I refute your suspicions, no filter is necessary and the router would not work if one was fitted!

neilwoods wrote: »

So the OP is saying he plugs his ADSL modem router directly into the BT master socket without using ADSL filter. Even if the OP was using a combined BT socket and adsl faceplate, it would still require a rj11 - rj11 cable.

The OP did not mention using the BT master socket, no filter is required.

neilwoods

espresso wrote: »

Straight. A properly wired fixed extension socket is the best option rather than using an extension cable.



I refute your suspicions, no filter is necessary and the router would not work if one was fitted!



The OP did not mention using the BT master socket, no filter is required.

Yes i know, a filter is not required, but it not recommended. And yes the ADSL modem router will work with microfilter fitted, if it didn't then why is there 2 filters supplied within the box contents.

Idea of microfilter is cut out the noise that is created when you have analogue and digital signal on the same line.

espresso

neilwoods wrote: »

Yes i know, a filter is not required, but it not recommended.

Incorrect, an ADSL filter is only needed if analogue devices are used on a digital subscriber line e.g. phones, faxes, modems, Sky boxes, alarms etc.

And yes the ADSL modem router will work with microfilter fitted, if it didn't then why is there 2 filters supplied within the box contents.

It would not work if the OP plugged the lead shown in post #1, with the BT type plug into an ADSL filter! The filters are supplied for convenience but that does not mean that their use is compulsory!

Idea of microfilter is cut out the noise that is created when you have analogue and digital signal on the same line.

ADSL filters are only required to use analogue devices on a digital line.
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neilwoods

Yeah just think someone actually using a phone on a phone line, what a radical idea.