Rewiring a NTE5 master socket...

mugpunter1970

How difficult?

Have been investigating my master socket and think the wiring inside it is abysmal.....there are long tail ends left at the connectors and have also read that removing all wires bar those connected to terminals 2&5 should improve my adsl connectivity.

Have 2 extentions wired into bedrooms, would i need to go inside these also and remove wiring? Dont really want to touch them because connection from both these sockets is about 3 times faster than I get from the master socket.

Can anyone advise?

Thanks

Retrogamer

have you tested your speeds as well from the test socket, behind the master socket? Just so you'd get a rough idea of how much speed you're losing on the extension sockets.

Is all the wiring you want to redo in the back of the NTE5 faceplate i take it?

If it was me, i'd be more keen to fit a pre filtered faceplate at the same time and hard wire in broadband extentions from it using CAT5 network cable so you get the best connection possible.

What you're wanting to do with just popping out some wires to improve speeds at a secondary socket might work ok as well but when we done it at a friends house we had to remove the wire from both the master socket and the secondary sockets (bell wire) to get the maximum benefits from it.

JJ_Egan

As above ADSL Nation filtered faceplate .

mugpunter1970

I haven't tested it wired just wireless, bear with me...
With pc downstairs and router into faceplate am getting about 3 mbs, into test socket its about 4mbs...but if I move router to upstairs socket with pc downstairs am getting 7mbs wireless, if I move pc upstairs with router via ethernet I get 8mbs.

Just wondering if I tidied up the wiring in the master socket could I improve my speeds drastically?

kwikbreaks

If you disconnect the ring wire (terminal #3) at the master socket end it may improve your sync speed. It will have no impact at all on how well your WiFi works though. It's normal to see spare wires coiled and they frequently do look a mess but harm nothing. There is no need to touch the wiring at the extension end.

A filtered faceplate will give best results as has already been said and remove the need for untidy extra filters. You would need to connect any socket you intended to run your router on to the "unfiltered" connectors most filtered faceplates provide.

Retrogamer

What you're currently measuring just now is throughput speed. There are a lot of variables that can and will affect those speeds.

If you can log into your router, there should be an area within it somewhere that tells you, your sync speed. This is the raw speed between your home and the exchange.

If you check the sync speed currently at a secondary socket just now, and then try the router in the master socket (test socket is better) then you'll get the most accurate info on how good the wiring is.

Pincher

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Telephones_and_Accessories_Index/NTE5/index.html

Not that I'm telling you to replace the master socket, which is supposed to be Open Reach property.

kwikbreaks

Pincher wrote: »

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Telephones_and_Accessories_Index/NTE5/index.html

Not that I'm telling you to replace the master socket, which is supposed to be Open Reach property.

It's a good thing you aren't because apart from breaching BT T&C it would be a complete waste of money. If it should turn out to be faulty which is extremely unlikely BT would replace it free.