longer phone wire, or longer Ethernet cables
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 4:00 am
I just thought of something.
I have a router which I have mentioned that is serving DSL internet to three computers. This router is actually in the bedroom, right around (other side of) the wall from my computer workstation. The phone jack used is the closer one) on the other side of the wall as well, rather than using the one all the way around the other side of the same room from my computers. I also have a printer on a file cabinet in the bedroom - but wired to computer in the work room. There are cables around the wall along floor/doorway to bedroom. It dosent look as bad as it sounds.
But I have a question, I have the router sitting under a record shelf next to the phone jack. And then three eithernet cables coming from the other room to my three computers. Do you think I would be better off with a long phone jack and then short(er) eithernet cables coming from the router.
I am looking at faster speed, and thinking that the shorter the cables from the router to computers might be the better option. Let the phone cable be the longer one in the series? There might be a difference... or not.
Hummm?
I have a router which I have mentioned that is serving DSL internet to three computers. This router is actually in the bedroom, right around (other side of) the wall from my computer workstation. The phone jack used is the closer one) on the other side of the wall as well, rather than using the one all the way around the other side of the same room from my computers. I also have a printer on a file cabinet in the bedroom - but wired to computer in the work room. There are cables around the wall along floor/doorway to bedroom. It dosent look as bad as it sounds.
But I have a question, I have the router sitting under a record shelf next to the phone jack. And then three eithernet cables coming from the other room to my three computers. Do you think I would be better off with a long phone jack and then short(er) eithernet cables coming from the router.
I am looking at faster speed, and thinking that the shorter the cables from the router to computers might be the better option. Let the phone cable be the longer one in the series? There might be a difference... or not.
Hummm?