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I live out one the sticks and a few months ago I was lucky enough to get fibre broadband fitted. My 16 year old wanted a LAN cable to his bedroom for his computer and Xbox. The Openreach guy who fitted it gave me some advice on how to do it. He said use cable and these little boxes and then just use a small pre made cable from the modem and PC to connect up. So last week I ran the cable and while I was doing that I ran one to the TV for Prime etc, one to the youngest’s bedroom for when he wants this stuff and one to the garage down a pipe that I had fitted when the drains were done a few years ago. I’ve included a couple of photos so you know what I’m talking about because I don’t. I also bought a couple of these so that the boy could split the LAN cable in his room. One for PC, one for Xbox and a spare for if his mates bring stuff over. We have tried all the LAN cables and all is working well, which was a surprise, except when the eldest has tried the splitter and plugs in a second device, the first device disconnects. I’m sure the Openreach guy said I should be able to do this but I’m starting to doubt my memory now. Am I wrong, or are the cheap EBay spitter boxes at fault? If you know the answer and care to reply I’d be very grateful but please don’t use technical words and please type slow so I can keep up. Cheers Phil
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I've found the cheap "splitters" are absolute turd. Get a cheap network switch instead of the splitter.
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rodharris83
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I've found the cheap "splitters" are absolute turd. Get a cheap network switch instead of the splitter. I'v got something like this and have had no issues... link
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I've got a similar one running my CCTV at home.
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Thanks both, so it should work? I’ll check out the link.
While I’m here, is it possible to get a wifi network in my garage? As I’ve got the LAN cable out there so can I get a “box” that I can plug into the LAN line and produce a wifi signal out there? I know you can get wifi boosters but my garage is too far away from the house to do this.
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rodharris83
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Thanks both, so it should work? I’ll check out the link. While I’m here, is it possible to get a wifi network in my garage? As I’ve got the LAN cable out there so can I get a “box” that I can plug into the LAN line and produce a wifi signal out there? I know you can get wifi boosters but my garage is too far away from the house to do this. You can but you'll need another LAN cable and something like this: link
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Thanks Rod. That will do nicely 👍
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Interesting thread - thanks for putting it up jonsey as I'm hoping to start on a garage build later this year or early next and was wondering about extending the broadband out there. I'd like to run a network cable out to it when we do build it, but have no idea what the max length of a cat 5/6 cable can realistically be. The garage will be something like 50 - 60 feet from the house. Did your BT fella give you any indication on that sort of thing? Cheers, Steve
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Aug 24, 2021 17:04:08 GMT
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By the time my garage Lan cable goes from the box upstairs, through the house, across to the garage and back up to the extender up stairs in the garage it is over 60m and I’ve got 95mbps out there, 110mbps in the house. Some mbps must be leaking out somewhere on the way.
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Aug 25, 2021 13:27:23 GMT
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LOL - the mice are stealing your broadband connection! Thanks, appreciate it. Guess I'd have to make up a cable as I bet they don't come in 60+ foot lengths - that'll be fun what with me being colour blind!
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Aug 25, 2021 13:57:32 GMT
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With the splitter, you usually need one at each end. I wired my house whilst I was renovating. All this connect to the internet via 1 cat6 into the router - that handles all the dhcp & the switch just routes traffic. All network points go into patch panel Patch panel then has patch leads into smart switch Works well tbh, all gigabit So if you put a switch between your internet router & plug it in with 1 cable - the rest of your house can connect via switch. Then stick a 5 port network switch your sons room. I have something like this in the living room for all the media stuff - so you could swap those 4 boxes for one of these. Then use short patch leads to a switch with 1 going into your router www.amazon.co.uk/TRENDnet-1000BASE-T-10GBASE-T-Compatible-TC-P08C6AS/dp/B07QJD23KBIf it doesnt make sense just say, I'm a bit rusty with networking.
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Last Edit: Aug 25, 2021 14:39:58 GMT by joem83
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Aug 25, 2021 16:57:47 GMT
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Thanks joem83, that looks like something out of mission impossible! They’re a lot cheaper than they look too. I think I understand what your saying, but to get rid of the white boxes I’d have to make up male ends on my cables. The BT guy said they can be a bit hit and miss when you make up the ends yourself, but I don’t know how true that is.
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Aug 25, 2021 17:19:29 GMT
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Thanks joem83, that looks like something out of mission impossible! They’re a lot cheaper than they look too. I think I understand what your saying, but to get rid of the white boxes I’d have to make up male ends on my cables. The BT guy said they can be a bit hit and miss when you make up the ends yourself, but I don’t know how true that is. The patch panels don't need male ends, you terminate the cables into them and then use a patch lead to the switch if that makes sense? This is my mini patch panel behind the tv, the 8 cables terminate and go back to the patch panel in the loft, then into the switch. Traffic from port 1 does all that and then goes back to the router on port 2 haha
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Last Edit: Aug 25, 2021 17:23:58 GMT by joem83
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Aug 25, 2021 17:32:35 GMT
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Ah ok. That a good way to do it👍
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Aug 25, 2021 17:40:28 GMT
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Ah ok. That a good way to do it👍 Cheers. Once you get your head around it, it's not too bad. Router > Switch > Patch panel > cable to room
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Last Edit: Aug 25, 2021 17:41:50 GMT by joem83
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Aug 26, 2021 20:15:45 GMT
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Just re-read this and I may have made it overly complicated. I was thinking you might want room for more connections.
If all you need to achieve atm is more ports in your son's room then a 5 port gb switch would be fine and a good one is only £15.
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Aug 26, 2021 20:20:16 GMT
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LOL - the mice are stealing your broadband connection! Thanks, appreciate it. Guess I'd have to make up a cable as I bet they don't come in 60+ foot lengths - that'll be fun what with me being colour blind! Dead easy, if you want a cable run 2 lol. Get some cat5e or cat6 cable on a reel, run it between the house and garage and terminate them into a twin wall mount box at each end. Don't worry about max length as it's 100m
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