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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5884   
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Could you run a power line adapter for the CAT 5 (Data) from the house to the shed/office and then the CAT5 that was used for the data re-patch/re-wire for voice? 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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22nd Apr 2016 12:57pm |
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| Snowy90 Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 482 
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Hi excossack,
from my router to the office I can run any number of cables that's fine but my issue is under my floor I only have 1 CAT5 cable which is in network use. My telephone point is at the front of the house and my router at the back. |
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22nd Apr 2016 1:01pm |
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| Snowy90 Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 482
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been looking at the vonage systems and that looks interesting as well but I would either have the vonage box at the front of the house, same as I do at the moment.
Or need to get a telephone signal to the back of the house/garage im thinking its trying to get another cable from the front of the house to the office is my only solution. Anyone use vonage looks interesting and ultimately cheaper than VM |
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22nd Apr 2016 1:11pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3564 
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I'm not sure if this would work, but if you have a decent mobile signal, and your contracts on both landline and mobile don't make it cost prohibitive, forward your landline to your mobile may be a quick fix.
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22nd Apr 2016 1:11pm |
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| Snowy90 Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 482
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Rashers interesting!
I tend to use my mobile more than my land line mainly because its so rubbish. MObile signal is fine I will look into that. |
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22nd Apr 2016 1:12pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5884
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I assume the one CAT5 cable running from house to the office is fed from the router in the house ? If so I was thinking more along the lines of a power line adapter(power line adapter to take data over the mains cable) in the house and plug in the CAT 5 cable from the house router into the power line adapter. In the office end another power line adapter and CAT 5 from power line adapter to the office router. This should free up the single existing CAT 5 from house to office to be used for a phone line? 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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22nd Apr 2016 1:23pm |
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| Snowy90 Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 482
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Now that's interesting, off I go to google that!
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22nd Apr 2016 1:27pm |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6638 
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You still have the problem of getting phone to behind the TV.
And in my experience the Powerline adapters are not reliable when used to try and bridge to an outbuilding.  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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22nd Apr 2016 1:42pm |
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| Snowy90 Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 482
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I think the powerline adapter might just be the way forward to free up the CAT5 under the floor for use as the land line. then I can join it to the office.
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22nd Apr 2016 1:52pm |
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| Snowy90 Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 482
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So lets rehearse this.
my internet is fed to the superhub behind the TV. I use a powerline adapter from the superhub and the other end in the front room where the CAt5 cable under the floor comes out which I understand will mean that my in house network is ok. This means the CAT5 under the floor is now surplus? I can then use the surplus CAT 5 as the phone line from front to back of the house where I can join it to a standard phone line? I can then run a standard phone line to the office down the bottom of the garden. Does this sound like a plan? |
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22nd Apr 2016 1:59pm |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512 
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If your BT Elements phone is Dect, then you could use a dect extender like the DistyBox.
It connects wireless to your dect base station in the house, then you connect a wired phone to the extender. Cheers, Vincent 1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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22nd Apr 2016 2:21pm |
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| Snowy90 Member Since: 23 Feb 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 482
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I tried a repeater before, an RTX one but I have to say it didn't really help, I think a big problem with my office is that's its insulated with celotex and the foil lining has made my own faraday cage so signal struggles to get in.
A wired approach would be the best I feel. |
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22nd Apr 2016 2:31pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5884
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I was thinking more like: Superhub CAT 5 cable > Powerline adapter behind TV into a mains plug Powerline adapter in the office CAT 5 cable into the router. Then you would free up the CAT 5 cable from house to office to reuse as a telephone line extension 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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22nd Apr 2016 5:13pm |
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| steventheplumber Member Since: 29 Apr 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 767  
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Sorry if I have missed something, can you not run a new phone cable from your main phone socket to your required position?
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22nd Apr 2016 6:09pm |
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