Hello folks,
I live in a new build with FTTC and will have (in a few months) Hyperoptic FTTB. My router and HG612 are in the living room, where I have my computer and other gadgets that I prefer to have wired.
Hyperoptic will need a CAT5e extension to reach the router but I would probably be looking at doing something anyway as the extension wiring is rubbish - the HG612 can sync at 56Mbps through the test socket but only 35Mbps in the living room.
I had intended to run the network cable through walls and along skirting boards, but the extension socket is ideally located for the router, so I was wondering whether it would be practical to use the existing extension wiring as a pull string to take a run of CAT5 to my utility cupboard (where the master socket is located and Hyperoptic will enter the flat). This would be a lot tidier, even if it would cost me the use of a phone extension.
Has anyone tried something like this before? The wiring extension route is - aside from the end points - totally inaccessible.