wi fi

[rampart11]

I want to get rid of twenty feet of trailing wire from hall phone socket (only socket in house) and have wi fi internet connection. I am not interested in networking other PCs.
What do I need to buy?

[ACtheTROLL]

what have you got
1 socket
what's connected to it
phone?
filter?
router?
laptop?
desktop?

[rampart11]

Phone socket has my broadband connection inc. filter in it.
I have seen that you can buy a "connect to internet via the mains" which seems to be a straightforward mains plug with router?

All I am looking to do is get rid of the trailing cable. Unfortunately I do not have a mains supply next to the telephone socket.

[ChuckFickens]

No you can buy a connect to the router via mains, the router still needs to be plugged into the telephone socket.


no matter what you do you are still going to need a router connected to your phone socket, if you use wireless then you will need a wireless router connected to the phone socket.

[alavahalf]

If you have twenty spare feet of phone wire cant you just clip it round door frames and skirting boards, so that you can put your phone socket near a mains plug.

Or cut the phone wire near the socket leaving a few inches attached so that you can identify your wires....remove all the excess...and refit the wires accordingly into the faceplate of the socket...you can buy a plastic punchdown tool for around �1.. to remake your connections.

Or if you haven't got enough wire ...run it round as far as you can and fit a junction box ...get some more phone wire and extend as far as need be...then refit your socket.

[rampart11]

Thank you for your suggestions. I clearly wasn't thinking this through at all. Much appreciated!