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Hi. I have fibre broadband as far as the green cabinet in the street and then a BT line to the master socket in this upstairs study.

There is no phone and this PC and other devices are connected to the Plusnet hub/router with Ethernet cable.

The router is about three feet away from the BT master socket and the connection between them is DSL cable

I want to upgrade the master socket and cable.

Also, I want to move the router about 12 feet away from the socket.

The new socket will be a BT master socket NTE5C + VDSL MK4.

The new cable will be high speed VDSL fibre broadband modem router solid copper cat5e.

How should I connect the router and the master socket using the new cable?

Should I connect them directly?

Should I use the cable to connect the new master socket, left where it is, to an extension socket near the newly moved router?

Whether I run the cable from the master socket to the router directly or via an extension socket, I need to decide how to connect the cable to the master socket.

I seem to have two options. The first is to plug the cable into the master socket.

The second is to cut the plug off the cable and hard wire it to the A and B terminals at the back of the master socket

So many choices, so little time!.

I'd appreciate any advice, my main concern being not to lose any broadband speed.

Thanks, cheers, Laurence

Why not move the BT socket. I moved mine.

As for speed loss, you will not lose anything noticeable unless you use damp string and some badly tied knots.

What cable are you replacing ? the RJ11 that plugs into the NTE5 From the router

There is no point in replacing the cable - and your just asking for problems by wiring it directly into the line, the whole point of a master is to act as a line termination and filter

As your replacing the master anyway, put the master where you need it, run a new cable from the incoming line to the master using a BT junction box BT80A if its the old 2 core stranded

If its a 4 core modern cable use a BT junction box remove the board inside and join the cables with 2 way gel connectors (aka BT Jelly crimps)

cable wise - 4 core Bt external cable if you don't need any tight bends, If not a standard BT 3 pair solid core will do

Hi. Thanks very much for all the information. My idea was to upgrade the existing cable connecting router to master. I'd read that a cat5 cable would be better. In any case I'll follow your advice and move the master itself, or the new one. There will be some tight bends and the cable will run along the skirting. I'd like to protect it in some way, perhaps inside very narrow trunking, but I don't know if it's a good idea. I'll use the junction box, as you advised, but just out of interest, would it be possible to leave the old master where it is and to plug the cable into it and the other end into the new master? Thanks again.

using the original master...………………. no

there is another way

change the NTE5c - on the back of the MK4 faceplate there are 2 cam locks, you can extend the vdsl to a dedicated RJ11 socket

eg.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RJ11-TELEPHO ... :rk:8:pf:0

It you want to run it in trunking a length of mini trunking 12 x 8 mm, but a few clips will do the job