Moving cable modem
 

Hi

we are entending the house at the moment.

Once this is done I need to move the computer and cable modem into another part of the house. I am assuming I will need to call an ntl engineer out to do this. Bearing in mind that ntl are offering free installation to new customers at the moment, does anyone know if there will be a charge for them to do this for me.

Thanks in advance

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hi and :welcome: to the site craggy , yes ntl would charge for this , you shouldnt really touch the cable , but i bet someone will be along soon to tell me that they have done it :disturbd:

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Get a long Cat5 cable? That'll do

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sure will as long you dont mind not having the modem at the pc :)

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Make sure you define where you are moving it to.....ntl sent an engineer out to me to re route my cable point from the bedroom to an office extention down stairs when it really needed an installation crew. The was because it was not a case of just re routing cables but digging up my garden and a bit of drilling. Unfortunate really because I had two site visits that same week to check what needed to be done. :shocked:

Regards

Mike

Re: Moving cable modem
 

I asked this very question earlier this year and received a number of replies. You will find them here.

EDIT Well, not exactly the same question as I've got an Ethernet card! However, still worth checking out.

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Bit of a problem when you need co-ax to connect the modem to the NTL system. ;)

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Thanks guys

All these replies have been helpful. Looks like i'm going to have to pay to have it done then, the wife certainly wouldnt go for a longer cable around every doorway and skirting board in the house :-)

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Have you considered wireless ?

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the coax will still connect the sacm to the ntl system- the cat5 will merely lengthen the distance between the sacm and your PC ie the modem will remain static...

Although the best option has to be the wireless lan- you don't have to move anything and you can support several PCs- none of which NEED to be on to use the internet...

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YAY! More open wireless gateway's! Not a bad idea. Post code matey? :P

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Thats why youd use wep and mac address filtering :p: keeps MOST poeple out. although i dare say a good hacker could get in but i doubt thats gonna happen somehow :erm:

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As with anything if someone wants to get in that badly they will- but WEP, MAC filtering etc are all on, so no joy there :(

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you have to have a cable if you go for a 'wired' connection - whether you leave the modem next to the wall plate and extend the cat5, or extend the coax, you will still have to run a cable to the computer. ;)

It sounds like a wireless solution is what you want, imo :)

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wep is crackable but last i heard it takes from several hours to severl months depending on how many packets are going accross the network.

for example you would need 5-10 million encypted packets for the app to get the code and i certianly aint got the time to sit there gathering all those packets lol ;)

then theyd need to spoof your mac address

so as i said earlier although a wireless lan can be hacked its not that easy and i seriously doubt someone would spend a long time trying to break into a wlan just to use an NTL internet connection LOL so id def go for the wireless lan

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So if I go for a wireless solutions, what exactly do i need. I'm assuming I need some sort of transmitter which plugs into the modem and then a wireless network card in the PC.

Can someone elaborate

Ta

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Moving thread to Computers & I.T Discussion Forum.

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You need a router (to plug into your SACM via CAT5) and a PCI / PCMCIA card preferably from the same manufacturer, for each PC you want to network...

There are several sets- but 802.11g is the best VFM- Linksys, Belkin etc all do them...

Also make sure the antennas on your PC aren't in the back with all the wiring as this will mess up your performance...

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and the amount of money you will spend on wireless gear would have paid for ntl to move it :erm:

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true say but with wireless gear u could connect more than one computer also if you want to move it again later you will be able to do so fairly easily:D

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also true , but what if the modem is at the other end of the house and there is a problem , would you fancy going backwards and forwards at the asking of t.s. , i wouldnt :erm: :D :D :D

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lol truesay but how many times do u have to phone ts?

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fortunately not very often , but i would still like the modem near the computer , even if it is just for the flashing lights , can you get a c.m. with a cool blue led , i like those a lot :D :D :D :D :D

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I got 3 blue led light up fans but most of th leds have stopped working :(


back on topic no i dont think you could get a cm with blue leds unless u took it apart and changed the leds and i doubt NTL would like you doing that!