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

[Edinburgh Linux Users Group]

> On 30 Jun 2016, at 12:36, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
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> I ended up being able to talk to the electrician who requested phone extension line; I am made to understand that this would carry the signal far enough

I think you're being given bad advice. Broadband over phone lines is a fudge. The shorter the length of phone cable twisted pair the better. 

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> Apologies I forgot to specify that this is in an office building, and the exchange box is in a room along a few corridors with locked doors on the way, so we couldn't really put the router there.

You really should put the router right next to the master socket and run Ethernet from there to the rest of your network. There is absolutely no need for your router to be physically close to you. If you need wireless, get a wireless access point and site it somewhere more practical. 


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