I'm having multiroom fitted next weekend and I'm trying to decide how to connect the two boxes to the land line with the least upheaval!!
The wireless DECT senders seem to be unreliable (and expensive), so I'm resigned to wired connections.
I'm planning on using a 'one into three' splitter plugged into the master socket as follows and then plug my cable for phone/router (which is currently plugged directly into the master socket) into one of these and use the other two sockets for the cables to each sky box. Should that work OK? Will this make the broadband speed of my router deteriorate?
BT Telephone Socket 3 Way Adapter Splitter | Cables & Leads
In terms of the cables to each sky box, these need to be quite long so I'm looking at the following:
PCSL Brand - BT Plug to RJ11 ~ SKY Satelite Box Telephone / Modem Cable - 20m White , for use with SKY / SKY + / SKY PLUS / SKY HD: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Will these do the job? Unfortunately I will need to drill through some exterior walls so I assume the holes I drill will need to be fairly big to enable the RJ11 plugs to go through! Is there any alternative here?
This does seem to be turning into a big job!! Should I just play ignorant and see what the engineer says about connecting to a landline?
Also, I have a satellite dish already fitted with a quad lnb, but this already has one feed coming off it (for a free sat box). The two new sky boxes will require 2 feeds each, so will the engineer replace the quad lnb with an octo lnb?
Thanks - hope you can help!
The wireless DECT senders seem to be unreliable (and expensive), so I'm resigned to wired connections.
I'm planning on using a 'one into three' splitter plugged into the master socket as follows and then plug my cable for phone/router (which is currently plugged directly into the master socket) into one of these and use the other two sockets for the cables to each sky box. Should that work OK? Will this make the broadband speed of my router deteriorate?
BT Telephone Socket 3 Way Adapter Splitter | Cables & Leads
In terms of the cables to each sky box, these need to be quite long so I'm looking at the following:
PCSL Brand - BT Plug to RJ11 ~ SKY Satelite Box Telephone / Modem Cable - 20m White , for use with SKY / SKY + / SKY PLUS / SKY HD: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Will these do the job? Unfortunately I will need to drill through some exterior walls so I assume the holes I drill will need to be fairly big to enable the RJ11 plugs to go through! Is there any alternative here?
This does seem to be turning into a big job!! Should I just play ignorant and see what the engineer says about connecting to a landline?
Also, I have a satellite dish already fitted with a quad lnb, but this already has one feed coming off it (for a free sat box). The two new sky boxes will require 2 feeds each, so will the engineer replace the quad lnb with an octo lnb?
Thanks - hope you can help!
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