Cable Forum - View Single Post - Getting NTL Cable Modem fitted on Saturday

DeadKenny · 10-09-2004, 12:01

Oh yeah, if you're going for home networking, get the cable modem installed as close to the socket as possible, and extend from there yourself using CAT5. i.e. don't get them to install loads of coax to move the modem near your PC.

The reason being that you're better off with short runs of coax to improve signal quality. Long stretches of CAT5 is no problem (unless you go over 100m). Alternatively you can stick a wireless router by the modem instead of using CAT5 cabling.

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DeadKenny Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Woking Age: 53 Services: PlusNet 2Mbps Premier. BT. Sky Digital. TiVo. Posts: 273	Re: Getting NTL Cable Modem fitted on Saturday - owt I should know folks? Oh yeah, if you're going for home networking, get the cable modem installed as close to the socket as possible, and extend from there yourself using CAT5. i.e. don't get them to install loads of coax to move the modem near your PC. The reason being that you're better off with short runs of coax to improve signal quality. Long stretches of CAT5 is no problem (unless you go over 100m). Alternatively you can stick a wireless router by the modem instead of using CAT5 cabling.