
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br>On 28 Jun 2016, at 18:25, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <<a href="mailto:edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk">edlug@lists.edlug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><p dir="ltr">I need to wire a router in one room to a phone socket, 60m away.</p>

<p dir="ltr">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?</p><p>I guess my main problem is that I cannot find what the name/definition of regular phone cable is to look up its properties....</p></blockquote><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My first reaction is: don't do it that way. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sent from my iPhone</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-- </span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kevin Davidson</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Apple Certified System Administrator</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Technical Director</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>t</b> 01506 668674</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>m</b> 07813 149620</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>w</b> <a href="http://www.indigospring.co.uk">www.indigospring.co.uk</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">indigospring (Scotland) Ltd</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Registered in Scotland No. SC398572</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Registered office: 103 Oldwood Place, Livingston EH54 6US</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Follow us on Twitter - <a href="http://twitter.com/indigospringIT">twitter.com/indigospringIT</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Members of the Apple Consultants Network - <a href="http://consultants.apple.com/uk">consultants.apple.com/uk</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.indigospring.co.uk/terms-and-conditions">http://www.indigospring.co.uk/terms-and-conditions</a></span></div></div></body></html>