How do I connect my Homehub3 to the NTA5 ADSL Wall...

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Hi, all.
I have a Homehub 3 in a spare room, and want to move it to improve my wireless coverage, at home.
I have space in my hallway next to where the ADSL comes into the house, and this would seem like a neat solution. Currently I have an 'ADSL Data Extension Kit' running upstairs to the spare room, and then a small blue cable from this into the ADSL port on my hub.
The NTE5 2 port wall socket that I have (says Openreach ADSL v1.0 on the front), has a left port for ADSL and the right for telephone. I need to connect this to my Homehub, ideally with a really short cable, as the Hub will be located literally six inches from the wall socket. Does anyone know which cable I need, and where I can buy one (eBay/ Amazon?)? My limited research suggsts the ADSL port will accept an RJ45 or RJ11 cable.
Some thoughts:
1) I just have 'normal' speed broadband, so assume I can't run a cable from the wall socket to the 'BT Infinity' port on the router.
2) Typically the twin power socket that will feed the Hub, is almost level with the hall floor, and the BT power plug has the 3 pins at the top, not the bottom, so it is physically impossible to plug the power socket in. My initial thought is to get a short trailing socket, to get around this problem. Does anyone know of an alternative power adaptor that I could use with the Hub, which has a better thought out (or different) design?
Many thanks for your anticipated help.
Chris.
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chris_debian wrote:
Hi, all.
I have a Homehub 3 in a spare room, and want to move it to improve my wireless coverage, at home.
I have space in my hallway next to where the ADSL comes into the house, and this would seem like a neat solution. Currently I have an 'ADSL Data Extension Kit' running upstairs to the spare room, and then a small blue cable from this into the ADSL port on my hub.
The NTE5 2 port wall socket that I have (says Openreach ADSL v1.0 on the front), has a left port for ADSL and the right for telephone. I need to connect this to my Homehub, ideally with a really short cable, as the Hub will be located literally six inches from the wall socket. Does anyone know which cable I need, and where I can buy one (eBay/ Amazon?)? My limited research suggsts the ADSL port will accept an RJ45 or RJ11 cable.
Some thoughts:
1) I just have 'normal' speed broadband, so assume I can't run a cable from the wall socket to the 'BT Infinity' port on the router.
2) Typically the twin power socket that will feed the Hub, is almost level with the hall floor, and the BT power plug has the 3 pins at the top, not the bottom, so it is physically impossible to plug the power socket in. My initial thought is to get a short trailing socket, to get around this problem. Does anyone know of an alternative power adaptor that I could use with the Hub, which has a better thought out (or different) design?
Many thanks for your anticipated help.
Chris.
Hi there,
What you need is an RJ11 to RJ11 lead, but be careful of the cheap ones; invariably, even at the length you require, they're very poor quality.
If you go to that famous auction site and enter 261296967817 into the search bar, this will give you a good quality lead. Although the one I've indicated is 1m in length, if you email the seller, there's a fairly good possibility he can make you one in the length you require.
I hope this info helps.