Accessing FTTC inside my house.

Hi all. FTTC openreach will shortly come to my area. The problem I have is that my master socket in in a totally useless position and I cant really plug my router into it. Instead my router is plugged into an extension socket that an electrician put in and I have a wired connection to my PC which has no wireless ability. BT tell me that with fibre I need to plug my router into the main socket only or else I need to have my main socket put elsewhere. Does anybody know if that is the case as I have had different advice from Orange. Can I plug my router into any of the extension sockets I have around the house?

There is the home wiring solution which you can ask for when ordering - which will as well as the master socket being converted give you a dedicated data extension (up to 30m of cable) away from the master socket.

....... or if easier and/or more practical, the NTE can be shifted.

This could result in slower sync rate.

can the home wiring extension be used for network cabling rather than moving the modem ?

I have fttc being installed and I want to turn to cat5/6 rather than homeplugs

Edited by Stanman_24 (Mon 16-Dec-13 11:38:18)

If it is 4 pair Cat5e then yes, you need to get up to speed on crimping connectors.

Ethernet over two pairs is possible but that limits you to 100 Mbps (if memory is working)

It could also result in an improved speed, shifting an NTE5 may mean that the external cabling becomes shorter.

mmm I am around 200m from cab and been give max fttc speed estimates

I have bought some cat5 cable and connectors so I can wire it from outside my house

wondering if is a better solution ?

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Ethernet over two pairs is possible but that limits you to 100 Mbps (if memory is working

It is working. 100 Mbit/s Ethernet uses 1/2 and 3/6. Gigabit needs all four pairs.

If Stanman goes through on his idea of running cable externally, he should use external grade cable, otherwise the insulation will be degraded by the ultra violet light.

Not clear on what you are doing? Rewiring the incoming Openreach line - which is a BIG NO NO or just playing with getting Ethernet around the home.

I wont touch anything to do with the Master socket, I have not even got any extensions

I am getting a good 13-15 MB/s with my homeplugs but I am considering using some cat5e and route around the outside of my house to increase network performance for my server and WAN

hence the free extension with fttc install, I am under the impression can get adaptors for twister pair to cat5e

going for this I think

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111224089677

Edited by Stanman_24 (Mon 16-Dec-13 13:50:12)

How will they connect the master box to the extension that I have and am currently using? Will it be done behind the plasterboard or will they want to route a cable externally up my stairs and into the relevant room? I'm happy for there neat solution and to pay for it but don't want cable trailing everywhere.

The engineer will normally do a surface mount, there is not the time in the install window to do complex internal runs.

If you have ducting, or a route to use, then putting a pull through so they can quickly and easily use the preferred route will usually work, but no obligation, i.e. within rights to refuse and give you choice of leaving kit for you to do it.

"I am under the impression can get adaptors for twister pair to cat5e"

Still confused - if the wiring you are looking to use if just CW1308 telephone wiring, then not really any good for an Ethernet service, not enough twists, but probably would work.

The ebay item looks fine, just avoid having too much of the cable indoors due to fumes if there ever was a fire.