[EdLUG] Cat6 or regular phone cable for 60m distance?

[Edinburgh Linux Users Group]

> On 28 Jun 2016, at 18:25, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> I need to wire a router in one room to a phone socket, 60m away.
> 
> I am wondering what the best cable choice is for reliability and maximized data thrgouhput - attach the filter at the wall and run long cat6, or run phone cable from the wall to the router and attach filter there?
> 
> I guess my main problem is that I cannot find what the name/definition of regular phone cable is to look up its properties....
> 

My first reaction is: don't do it that way. 

You want your router (ADSL? You haven't said, but I'm assuming) as close to your master phone socket as possible. You can then run Ethernet cables up to 100m to a switch or WAP or whatever other network equipment you need. 


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