Where to install a phoneline?
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Hey guys,
Got a Plusnet engineer coming round later to install a phoneline... We've got the phone points in already but it's not physically connected...
I'm not too sure how it all works so just had a few questions I wondered if anyone could answer?
1) Once it's connected, can we use any phone socket in the house? Is there a 'main' one we should run the broadband off?
2) If there is, where do you think would be the best place for it? The lounge has an Xbox360 and a Popcorn hour that needs network connectivity, the PC is in the spare room upstairs and there's a WDTV in the bedroom that needs connecting as well? I was thinking maybe the spare room should be the main access point? Thinking of using Homeplugs to link them all up...
Got a Plusnet engineer coming round later to install a phoneline... We've got the phone points in already but it's not physically connected...
I'm not too sure how it all works so just had a few questions I wondered if anyone could answer?
1) Once it's connected, can we use any phone socket in the house? Is there a 'main' one we should run the broadband off?
2) If there is, where do you think would be the best place for it? The lounge has an Xbox360 and a Popcorn hour that needs network connectivity, the PC is in the spare room upstairs and there's a WDTV in the bedroom that needs connecting as well? I was thinking maybe the spare room should be the main access point? Thinking of using Homeplugs to link them all up...
The less extension wire the better.
For best sync speed you should have the modem/router plugged into the BT Master socket, and that socket should be located as close to the wire coming in to the house as possible. Then you should just use networking (Cat5/wireless/powerline) from that point to all your devices.
Ideally
For best sync speed you should have the modem/router plugged into the BT Master socket, and that socket should be located as close to the wire coming in to the house as possible. Then you should just use networking (Cat5/wireless/powerline) from that point to all your devices.
Ideally
Phones will work off all sockets.
The best place for the router is the main connection. This should obviously be where you want the router and related networking gear placed.
You might already have a main connection point - usually into the lounge or downstairs living room - from the previous installation, which will remain unless you are getting a new physical line put into your property.
From your information, it seems you already have a BT line (inactive) running in. It's a matter of activating this line and getting it plugged into the right places in the BT cabinet - not your home.
The best place for the router is the main connection. This should obviously be where you want the router and related networking gear placed.
You might already have a main connection point - usually into the lounge or downstairs living room - from the previous installation, which will remain unless you are getting a new physical line put into your property.
From your information, it seems you already have a BT line (inactive) running in. It's a matter of activating this line and getting it plugged into the right places in the BT cabinet - not your home.
Hi,
We already have a master socket, but there's no physical connection to the outside world.
There is already a master socket unfortunately which is in a bad place.
Will homeplugs be good in a house that was built in 2005? I imagine the newer wiring would get better speeds than an old house?
We already have a master socket, but there's no physical connection to the outside world.
There is already a master socket unfortunately which is in a bad place.
Will homeplugs be good in a house that was built in 2005? I imagine the newer wiring would get better speeds than an old house?
If the main socket is an NTE5(& if it isn't get them to fit one) fit an NTE2000 ADSL faceplate to the master, plug the modem/router in here. All other sockets connect to the faceplate and are then FILTERED so work with phones but will NOT affect BB performance. If you ask the Openreach man nicely he may fit one FOC.
Dave_ST220 said:
If the main socket is an NTE5(& if it isn't get them to fit one) fit an NTE2000 ADSL faceplate to the master, plug the modem/router in here. All other sockets connect to the faceplate and are then FILTERED so work with phones but will NOT affect BB performance. If you ask the Openreach man nicely he may fit one FOC.
Yep it's an NTE5 
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