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Extend broadband using cat5

Geeman1 — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 08:37:13 GMT

Hi I have set up cat5 cabling in house and intend to move where the router sits, away from phone socket. I have run a cat5 cable towhere the phone/broadband socket is as per electrician advice with other end being where I want to have the router. Can anyone help with what I need to do to connect cat5 to the bt socket? Thanks!

Re: Extend broadband using cat5

licquorice — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 09:01:26 GMT

You don't need cat5 cable to simply extend the incoming broadband signal. You just need 2 wires connected to the data extension terminals of the master socket and an rj11 socket at the remote location.

Re: Extend broadband using cat5

Geeman1 — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 09:56:08 GMT

Thx. Given I have now put the cables in the wall to another room, ‘can’ you use cat5 eg any way to connect using an adaptor? I can’t now put the phone line cable in the wall….

Re: Extend broadband using cat5

Geeman1 — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:23:43 GMT

Given I have to crimp the rj45 heads on, if I crimp an rj11 head on instead and leave some wires redundant, would this work….? Thanks

Re: Extend broadband using cat5

licquorice — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:33:01 GMT

Of course, you just need to use one pair. The cat5 will come in handy if/when you get FTTP and the ONT is sited where the master socket resides. You will then need Ethernet between the ONT and hub.