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Star wiring tutorial

Riley197 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:17:35 GMT

Good Morning,

Can someone please guide me step by step how to ‘star wire’ my connection? Could you please explain to me where the wires should be connected.

Does star wiring cause a change on the DLM?

I currently have incoming BT line connected to just 1 telephone socket (terminals 5 and 2) and I seem to be getting a internet connection with no master socket connected at all and no junction box. Strange but it works.

Thanks

Re: Star wiring tutorial

imjolly — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:23:45 GMT

are you a BT broadband and phone customer or with another ISP

for broadband you do not want star wiring in your phone setup/wiring

the first phone socket in your home where openreach incoming wire is connected should be your master socket

Re: Star wiring tutorial

Riley197 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:26:07 GMT

Bt broadband.

I would like to try it out so how would I do it?

Re: Star wiring tutorial

licquorice — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:35:05 GMT

Star wiring is simply multiple sockets wired to a common point.

Re: Star wiring tutorial

Riley197 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:45:45 GMT

So if I have a master socket, and for example 2 extension sockets, what terminals in the master socket should the 2 extensions be connected to for it to be star wiring? A and B or 5 and 2?

Re: Star wiring tutorial

licquorice — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:52:42 GMT

I have absolutely no idea why on earth you would want to deliberately star wire sockets, but just common the connections to the other sockets on the incoming terminals A and B

Re: Star wiring tutorial

Riley197 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 11:28:39 GMT

So connect both extension sockets (2 and 5 terminals) to A and B in the master socket with the already incoming bt line?

Re: Star wiring tutorial

imjolly — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 12:11:11 GMT

yes

that should destroy your broadband speed and cause unstable connection

Re: Star wiring tutorial

Devon_Dave — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:19:25 GMT

Well, that's a new one on me. Can't understand why anyone would like to have worse broadband

Re: Star wiring tutorial

Riley197 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:30:34 GMT

I’ve put the incoming bt line wires into A and B in master socket. Then connected 2 external telephone sockets (terminals 2 and 5) to the A and B terminals of the master socket with the incoming bt line and its all fine. No speed decrease, no issues 🙂

Re: Star wiring tutorial

imjolly — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:55:44 GMT

Try making a phone call with landline or phoning home with mobile

Re: Star wiring tutorial

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:12:32 GMT

@Riley197

What speed are/were you getting, measured on the HomeHub? Maybe your line had such a high noise margin before, that by adding the Star wiring you are still above the minimum threshold and therefore see no difference?