Help deciding how to set up my router.

[Tsurisuto]

I want to start using my router with an Ethernet connection, but my phone socket is in the other room. So do I:

a. Use a longer Ethernet cable (8m) and a short Phone cable.

or

b. Use a longer Phone cable (8m) and a short Ethernet cable.

Which will degrade the connection more, and which would cost less to implement?

 

[simie]

Does the router support wireless technology ?

 

[Tsurisuto]

Does the router support wireless technology ?

Yes it does, but we have so many wireless routers and cordless phones in the area, that I get too much interference as every channel is taken. So I have decided to go wired.

I just don't know what is more degrading to the connection... a longer Ethernet cable or a longer phone cable (RJ11)?

 

[pastrychef]

Chances are that ethernet cables will cost more than phone cable.

I don't know about phone cables, but I know that ethernet is capable of very long distances.

If it were me, I'd go with a long ethernet cable.