New installation queries

Looking at joining plusnet fibre extra and phone package. Just moved into a flat, how many modem/ routers are needed? Is it 2? Or have Plusnet changed this? Not got many sockets in the living room near the master socket

Cheers in advance

Get a collection of good quality of extension leads and sockets. So you only need one socket to support the string of sockets.

In reply to a post by highlander317:

Looking at joining plusnet fibre extra and phone package. Just moved into a flat, how many modem/ routers are needed? Is it 2? Or have Plusnet changed this? Not got many sockets in the living room near the master socket

Cheers in advance

Currently they supply a modem and a router, so 2 sockets required, But if you are willing to spend a bit of dosh you could buy your own all in one router, this may also be an improvement over the plusnet router if require higher standard router

Edited by mlmclaren (Sun 24-Aug-14 18:29:43)

I've got a trailing lead from a two-way adapter that occasionally has a vacuum cleaner plugged in as well, round the small bedroom feeding a 4-way extension, feeding another. Supporting phone base station, printer, shredder, modem, router, laptop, and a spare that sometimes has a second laptop plugged in.

Been that way for years.

My study has 24 sockets running off a single socket. I don't think I'm that unusual these days.

In reply to a post by kasg:

My study has 24 sockets running off a single socket. I don't think I'm that unusual these days.

LOL, well as long as it don't exceed 13amp it should be fine.

Edited by mlmclaren (Sun 24-Aug-14 20:47:55)

Went ahead and ordered, went via quidco and got £120 cash back

Cheers for the advice

In reply to a post by mlmclaren:

LOL, well as long as it don't exceed 13amp it should be fine.

Nowhere near

Good man . There's a 0.003% chance you will regret it.

Not that I'm paranoid in any way, but I only had a single socket at my front door where the main BT line comes in.
I use an old(er) UPS which then feeds an extension lead to feed the modem / router / wireless phone base station.
I do live in a village and my property is fed by overhead lines and although it's been stable of late, we do suffer from a number of power outages a year (once a weekly occurrence and nearly every time it rained. Much better since they replaced all the overhead lines).
My modem/router hasn't been powered down since Nov 13 when it was 1st installed bar one day when my middle son decided to see just what 'that red button' actually did.
(It's had a few manual resets in that time though).

I'd recommend a decent 2-way socket, feeding two extension leads. One for modem/router/phone and the other extension lead for non-phone/network equipment.
UPS is handy if you can pick up a cheap one, but not essential by any means.

Alternative option: the Ethernet cable between the modem and the router can be up to 100 metres long so only the modem would have to be in a power socket by the master socket.