http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/faceplate/ shows how the faceplate comes apart

Yellow arrow in http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/faceplate/images/test-s... points at unfiltered IDC connectors

Just need an RJ11/RJ45 socket at the other end of a suitable length of CW1308, which is the standard specification for telephone cable (as opposed to the useless stuff sound in Currys and poundshops)

CAT5 cable has more twists, so better noise handling with respect to VDSL2 signals.

Everything you need in one kit can be had from http://www.run-it-direct.co.uk/vdslextensionkit20m.html

Sparky normally rings alarm bells as they have a tendency (not all of them though) to use bell wire, or not realise that there is a good reason for using certain wires.

@AL66
Or bog standard house electrician wiring, from the post I hadn't read when writing my previous one .

My thoughts are along the lines of swapping the master to the study to feed all the CAT5 and eliminating what is almost certainly star wiring somehow.

I'm assuming the phone is behind the plaster and not ducted, and have (in a way) just asked about how the CAT5 is installed.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Sparky normally rings alarm bells as they have a tendency (not all of them though) to use bell wire, or not realise that there is a good reason for using certain wires.

It is ironic really, given that sparkies spend years learning the regs, and the good reasons there for using certain wires for electrical purposes.

It ought not be a drag to learn a few extra types for intra-home comms purposes.

Generally, they also seem to be incapable of wiring TV aerials properly too!

Where did you originally plan/hope for the modem to be, the router to be, and how would they connect?

Simple options include just using Cat5 as a 'modem cable' run loose from the master socket, and keep the modem and router where the switch etc is. If you want the router in the study, or even router and modem, and are happy with 100 Mbit ethernet between the study and lounge then you can use a splitter/combiner that effectively turns one Cat5 cable into two.

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In reply to a post by AL66:

Who installed the extension? Is it connected to the IDC terminals on the back of the removable section at the bottom of the master socket? What colours are the wires?blue with white stripes, white with blue stripes, orange with white stripes, white with orange stripes, green with white stripes, white with green stripes or blue, orange, green & brown would be a good indication it's either CW1308 or Cat 5

When we moved in we had the whole house rewired and the sparky ran the telephone extension cable.
I'll have to check what it is tomorrow afternoon when I get back home.

Ok I've found a piece of the cable used and it has the following wires:
Orange with white stripes
White with orange stripes
Green with white stripes
White with green stripes
Blue with white stripes
Whte with blue stripes

Under closer examination the wires are solid copper and not stranded.
Reasonable cable maybe and not bell wire!
I can assure you its definitely not CAT5.

Description sounds exactly like CW1308 cable

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In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Ahhhhh!

We could still be in business but it may be "interesting"! It sounds like your wiring may have started like this.

We can take an easy way out to get your two boxes into the study, involving (if easily done) a single CAT5 round the room to the existing Ethernet socket or switch.

Or we can check the overall setup and perhaps greatly improve the speed as well, as in that thread. How much effort do you want to put in?

If you want to go the whole hog way, we need a better description of where your CAT5 network starts and goes to, and we need to get some full stats from the modem. Is that an HG612 or and ECI?

Is there a phone attached to the master socket with the modem?

Unfortunately as it was a few years ago th work was done I cant remeber the exact details. As I recall the CAT5 just runs from my study, up through the loft and down into my lounge. At the time I had little need for networking anywhere else as I thought wifi would be sufficient. Just wanted the extra speed for media etc.

As for an HG612 or and ECI I have no idea what that is!
Yes a phone is attached to the master socket with the modem.
What we do I suppose depends on what work is involved.

Edited by Piscatorian (Thu 20-Aug-15 16:23:44)