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Ben1980
24-04-2012
I have just moved in to a house that is poorly designed when it comes to telephone points and electrical outlets throughout.

What I have is three phone points, one in the kitchen next to the fridge with an electrical outlet but a double adapter is not really an option due to space off the wall, one in the dining room with an outlet about ten foot away and a third with no outlet near it at all.

I am looking to set up all of my equipments in a room with no phone point what so ever. The equipment includes wireless 360, iPad, iPhones etc but also a blu-ray player and Sky+HD box that are not wireless enabled. Obviously a phone point is also needed.

Without going under the floorboards or anything I am looking for a solution to allow me to have all of the equipment in this room.

I have seen a RTX Wireless phone jack however I am not sure if this allows me to connect the base unit to the outlet and phone socket in one room and then connect my router etc through a micro filter on the receiving unit in another room allowing me to connect all of the equipment.

Can anybody help?
chrisjr
24-04-2012
I would doubt a wireless phone extender would carry the ADSL broadband signals.

One solution could be to site the router in the dining room along with a DECT cordless phone base station. Use a pair of Homeplug units to extend one of the ethernet ports on the router via the mains wiring into the room you are using. If you use something like this you get four ethernet ports at the remote end.

http://netgear.co.uk/home/products/p.../XAV5004.aspx#

So that should take care of the static bits of kit and if you add a wireless access point that takes care of the Wireless devices if you can't get adequate reception of the router itself.

Use a DECT extension phone for making/receiving calls and that should do the job. Unless you have Sky multiroom or use the various interactive services there is no need to plug the Sky box into the phone line.

Though running a phone cable round the skirting and in though a small hole in the wall, if necessary, would be the better option if your DIY skills are up to it. You can get kits with a length of cable and the necessary bits to do the job fairly easily. The downside is that if you make a pigs ear of the job it could seriously affect the broadband performance. Ideally the router should be connected to the master socket where the incoming line terminates. But that is not always practical.

Or run a length of CAT 5 network cable round into the room you are using from the router in the dining room and plug the other end into a simple network switch to plug up all your kit.
c4rv
24-04-2012
As mentioned ideally your router should be in the master socket then run a length of Ethernet cable to a network switch in the TV to provide connectivity for all your devices.
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