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scrotnig · 26-09-2005, 22:55

I am in the process of trying to install and configure BT broadband for a friend who lives some way away.

Her computer is a long way from the only available phone socket, she has in the past run a dialup using an old extension lead. This lead is very old, and is not of suitable quality to obtain the DSL connection...we can only get the modem/router thing to lock on by plugging it directly into the socket.

My question then is, are we better buying a new extension lead and running that to the PC, and connecting the modem/router there, or should we site the modem by the master socket and purchase a very long ethernet cable to go upstairs to the PC?

26-09-2005, 22:55	#1
scrotnig Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,499	BT Broadband Help I am in the process of trying to install and configure BT broadband for a friend who lives some way away. Her computer is a long way from the only available phone socket, she has in the past run a dialup using an old extension lead. This lead is very old, and is not of suitable quality to obtain the DSL connection...we can only get the modem/router thing to lock on by plugging it directly into the socket. My question then is, are we better buying a new extension lead and running that to the PC, and connecting the modem/router there, or should we site the modem by the master socket and purchase a very long ethernet cable to go upstairs to the PC?