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Hi Everyone!
In our home, we have to rent a modem from the cable company (wowway) because we have their telephone service. We're going to ditch the telephone service in favor of Ooma. Therefore, we can now buy our own cable modem & router. For best coverage, the ideal place for the wireless router is about 35 feet from where the cable enters our house.
As it is now, there is a RG-6 going from the cable entrance to the modem/router. (About 35 feet).
During various service calls for poor speeds, one technician would move the router to the cable's house entrance & run a Cat 5e to the modem, saying it is better to have a longer cat 5e & shorter RG-6. The next person would move the router back, saying it is better to have a longer RG-6 & shorter cat 5e. It has been switched back and forth many times over the last many years. We see no difference, but don't know what we're to check, so our observations are quite void!
The Plan-
We will have a separate router, placed where the whole house can get signal. (35 feet from the cable entrance). The router can go there or at the cable entrance.
Ethernet to the router wil be the Ooma device, the printer and I occasionally connect my laptop by ethernet when WiFi is slow.
We don't have television on the cable. Only internet & phone.
As of now, there is a cable splice outside at the grounding block & there is one F-splice at the entrance to our home and a 35 foot RG-6 to the modem/router.
(If the modem goes at the house entrance, that f-splice can leave.)
The cat 5e cables from the modem/router are short to the printer (3 feet) and desk (8 feet). The rest of our house is serviced by WiFi. (Two laptops, one streaming television & one connected treadmill that uploads only)
My question is-
It is better to have a long RG-6 and short cat 5e to the router or short cable and longer cat 5e?
Thanks Very Much for your advice & telling me what the 'real deal' is on cable & wire lengths.
Enjoy Today!
Paul
In our home, we have to rent a modem from the cable company (wowway) because we have their telephone service. We're going to ditch the telephone service in favor of Ooma. Therefore, we can now buy our own cable modem & router. For best coverage, the ideal place for the wireless router is about 35 feet from where the cable enters our house.
As it is now, there is a RG-6 going from the cable entrance to the modem/router. (About 35 feet).
During various service calls for poor speeds, one technician would move the router to the cable's house entrance & run a Cat 5e to the modem, saying it is better to have a longer cat 5e & shorter RG-6. The next person would move the router back, saying it is better to have a longer RG-6 & shorter cat 5e. It has been switched back and forth many times over the last many years. We see no difference, but don't know what we're to check, so our observations are quite void!
The Plan-
We will have a separate router, placed where the whole house can get signal. (35 feet from the cable entrance). The router can go there or at the cable entrance.
Ethernet to the router wil be the Ooma device, the printer and I occasionally connect my laptop by ethernet when WiFi is slow.
We don't have television on the cable. Only internet & phone.
As of now, there is a cable splice outside at the grounding block & there is one F-splice at the entrance to our home and a 35 foot RG-6 to the modem/router.
(If the modem goes at the house entrance, that f-splice can leave.)
The cat 5e cables from the modem/router are short to the printer (3 feet) and desk (8 feet). The rest of our house is serviced by WiFi. (Two laptops, one streaming television & one connected treadmill that uploads only)
My question is-
It is better to have a long RG-6 and short cat 5e to the router or short cable and longer cat 5e?
Thanks Very Much for your advice & telling me what the 'real deal' is on cable & wire lengths.
Enjoy Today!
Paul
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