Please advise onRJ11 cable for ADSL

Hiya, I know that the cable from an ADSL router to the ADSL filter is an RJ11 cable. But I've "heard" that it can't be very long and/opr that it should be special in some way. This sounds a bit like bull to me. I was interested in theis 7.5m RJ11 cable on Ebuyer:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=24224993903&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=39779

The customers said it was OK. Should I trust them? Any experts here know the score? Many thanks in advance for your help.

I'm not sure on the RJ11 cable, but I've run an ADSL modem connected to a 15m BT phone extension cable before without problems. I'd imagine the RJ11 to RJ11 cable would be fine too.

Consider wireless, though. ;)

It MIGHT need to be a crossover cable (or vice versa). Basically the recieve/send pins are crossed over (or routed straight through, I can never remember which way is what)

Any length should be fine, I had my ADSL hooked to my computer with a 25' cable once.

Uhm... you're thinking of a CAT5 cable that you'd need for a peer to peer network connection. I think Grey Alien is on about an extension cable of sorts between his PC and an ADSL filter/master socket.

I run a normal BT extension cable(10m), then plug in the filter and use the standard 1m rj11 into the adsl modem/router.

I doubt using a longer rj11 cable will make any difference.

Same here, except I use a 15m one - I really don't think it makes that much difference if you use a high quality cable such as Belkin or something but the cheaper ones are probably OK aswell. One thing to note is that BT say (and after testing I agree) that UK ADSL broadband always works better when you connect your router to the master socket - the one where the physical cable from BT comes in from outside into and all other sockets in the house come off. You can usually tell which one this is as it has a removable top half with a phone plug in it that is used by engineers.

Hope this helps,


Seb

Thanks all for advice. The router is in a shed wired to a PC, and the wireless is used by a laptop in the house. She has a metal roof and current position gives poor signal in house. Plan to move router in shed to increase signal. Probably BT socket is shed is not master, can't get round that unless laptop is wired and PC is wireless - not so hot.

So anyway I'll extended the RJ-11 (from router to filter) because the router needs to be far away from phone socket, then I'll extend the network cable (RJ-45 straight thru) from router to PC as PC is not near router either! (bigish shed).

:-)

These "Special" RJ11 cables are simply the same as normal ones with higher quality wire. It does make a difference to your connection speed so if you're getting a slow connection speed, Try an "ADSL" RJ11 cable.

so It's not bull, but if you have good cabling anyway might not make a difference to you. Also, listen to what Seb said :)

There is not issue with connection speed, it's with a poor wireless signal so I need longer cables to move the router to a better spot.

My advice still stands. If the cable for the router is of low quality it is possible you suffer low connection speeds :)

Anyhoo, if you're not, great :)

I haven't got the cable yet so I can't say :-)