Some advice please!
My parents sync at 40Mbit/10Mbit with a HG612. They're approximately 1-1.5km from the FTTC cabinet. The previous owner had a DIY house alarm installed and as a result the drop-wire was cut and a junction box fitted with two lines to feed the master socket and alarm. Their connection isn't very stable and has a lot of packet loss, especially via the upload.
I removed the second feed which enabled me to reduce the cable length behind the master socket by 5meters. The junction box looks quite old and there was water ingress. By removing the 5 meters of cable the speed went from 35Mbit/6Mbit to the 40/10 they get now. They still get a lot of packet loss, and I believe this is down to the break in the line via the junction box which is still getting water despite my best efforts.
Should I go one step further and move the NTE5C into the attic and bring the drop cable in there for a direct connection with no breaks and 10 less meters of (questionable quality) cable? I could put the hG612 in the loft and then use external grade CAT6 to where the old master socket was to feed the router. I'm hoping this will reduce the packet loss and give further speed bump. Would the hg612 fair ok in the loft?
I'm well aware that anything before the master socket should be Openreach only, but considering it had already been DIY'd I figured they would charge £130+ regardless of if I had called them before.
My parents sync at 40Mbit/10Mbit with a HG612. They're approximately 1-1.5km from the FTTC cabinet. The previous owner had a DIY house alarm installed and as a result the drop-wire was cut and a junction box fitted with two lines to feed the master socket and alarm. Their connection isn't very stable and has a lot of packet loss, especially via the upload.
I removed the second feed which enabled me to reduce the cable length behind the master socket by 5meters. The junction box looks quite old and there was water ingress. By removing the 5 meters of cable the speed went from 35Mbit/6Mbit to the 40/10 they get now. They still get a lot of packet loss, and I believe this is down to the break in the line via the junction box which is still getting water despite my best efforts.
Should I go one step further and move the NTE5C into the attic and bring the drop cable in there for a direct connection with no breaks and 10 less meters of (questionable quality) cable? I could put the hG612 in the loft and then use external grade CAT6 to where the old master socket was to feed the router. I'm hoping this will reduce the packet loss and give further speed bump. Would the hg612 fair ok in the loft?
I'm well aware that anything before the master socket should be Openreach only, but considering it had already been DIY'd I figured they would charge £130+ regardless of if I had called them before.
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Oh well!
