Hmm, thank you 4M2, that's definitely worth thinking about, I might well go that way.
Since the extension cable is already there for the phone it gives me another good option.

I just have a micro filter in the NTE5a test socket and connect a single phone and router to that - works just fine for DSL but perhaps looks a little untidy. For a more elaborate installation I would certainly recommend a MK3 faceplate etc.

In reply to a post by 4M2:

If you got a MK3 faceplate you could connect 100% copper cw1308 cable (or cat5e) to it's A&B terminals and run that unfiltered feed through to a dedicated rj11 socket in the other room. The router could then be connected to that socket via a rj11 cable. If you did that it would still be possible to use a filtered voice extension from the NTE5a/MK3 to a phone connected to the original phone socket in that room.

Good luck.

OK, one more question if you don't mind. I have fitted a Mk3 Faceplate and am very pleased to report that it has worked perfectly, just as you described. The phone is now back in the other room on the extension, with no loss of internet speed with the router at the master socket.

I'm more than happy to keep the router at the master socket, but I might just go the whole way now & give the router a try on a dedicated RJ11 socket in the other room - You mention running cw1308 cable from the A & B terminals of the Mk3 - could you advise which terminals they would connect to at the other end, in the RJ11 socket?

Many thanks

Edited by alfiecat (Fri 25-Feb-22 22:17:23)

5 and 2 at a guess

In reply to a post by alfiecat:

I'm more than happy to keep the router at the master socket, but I might just go the whole way now & give the router a try on a dedicated RJ11 socket in the other room - You mention running cw1308 cable from the A & B terminals of the Mk3 - could you advise which terminals they would connect to at the other end, in the RJ11 socket?

https://www.run-it-direct.co.uk/rj11-sockets/RJ11soc... - pins 3 & 4 for this particular product.

Edited by 4M2 (Fri 25-Feb-22 23:45:05)

That's great, thank you again

Never touch BT cable from the A & B terminals - it illegal to do it.

In reply to a post by alfiecat:

In reply to a post by 4M2:

If you got a MK3 faceplate you could connect 100% copper cw1308 cable (or cat5e) to it's A&B terminals and run that unfiltered feed through to a dedicated rj11 socket in the other room. The router could then be connected to that socket via a rj11 cable. If you did that it would still be possible to use a filtered voice extension from the NTE5a/MK3 to a phone connected to the original phone socket in that room.

Good luck.

OK, one more question if you don't mind. I have fitted a Mk3 Faceplate and am very pleased to report that it has worked perfectly, just as you described. The phone is now back in the other room on the extension, with no loss of internet speed with the router at the master socket.

I'm more than happy to keep the router at the master socket, but I might just go the whole way now & give the router a try on a dedicated RJ11 socket in the other room - You mention running cw1308 cable from the A & B terminals of the Mk3 - could you advise which terminals they would connect to at the other end, in the RJ11 socket?

Many thanks

you can just use a normal phone socket in the other room to plug the router into if you have taken the feed from the a and b terminals on the faceplate.

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Never touch BT cable from the A & B terminals - it illegal to do it.

I was referring to the A & B terminals on the Mk3 faceplate, not on the master socket itself, I assume the two are completely different?

Edited by alfiecat (Sat 26-Feb-22 13:22:00)

Yes, the demarcation point is the test socket on the NTE.