Hello!
I'm completely ignorant about most networking topics.. so apologise for asking daft questions and using terms incorrectly. Thank you for patience and support!
I've temporarily moved into my parents home due to their health not being great. They live in rural Scotland. It's affecting my productivity at work as the internet cannot sustain a Zoom call without drops.
The first thing I wanted to try was to use a new router that we received as a gift and that's what started this off.
TL:DR - the internet connection sucks and I want to know what practical things I can do to improve. The down speed is 3Mbps and up speed is 0.8Mbps. Also, the connection seems to drop for odd minutes at a time before the wireless devices reconnect.
Current arrangement- Master Socket 5C
- Pulse Z-400UK VDSL/ASDL Filter
- Default SSE router
Please see the attached image. The SSE router is connected into the filter via a patch lead ('modem' socket of the filter to the DSL socket on the router).
After looking behind the current Master Socket, I found what appears to be - after some laymans research - a set of very old wires. There are 10x in total coming in from externally (5x white and 1x of green, blue, brown, orange, grey). The blue and grey wires are going into the AB camlocks.
See here for img of the current wiring:
https://ibb.co/HqKkZnW(in the bottom left of the picture, you can see the more modern wiring. This is an internal extension that was done to enable the telephone landline to be setup in a different room in the house)
Proposed arrangementMy thought process was that upgrading the Master Socket to the MK4 would have an in-built filter and allow the use of a WAN cable which would be preferrable than DSL.
Would using the MK4 actually help anything in this case? If yes, how should it be wired as any guides are assuming a more modern set of wires.
At this point, I am out of my depth and would appreciate some ideas on what, if anything, can be done to improve the quality of the internet in the home.
Given where we live, we are not eligible for fibreoptic..
Thank you to any kind souls who can help.