Virgin Broadband cable into house

[DaveOC]

Just moved into a house, I have Virgin Broadband and their cable comes from the road onto the side of my house with a plug on the end, then another plug connects to it and the cable goes through my wall into my sitting room, now I would like the connection in the Bedroom just above the sitting room. My question is: What type of cable and plug would I need to carry it on up the outside of my house and into the bedroom above, this would only be about 4 metres. Virgin want to charge £100 to do this, I think it would be easy if I got the right cable and plugs.
Thanks

 

[JohnD]

show us this plug.

Where is your hub?

Have you no plastic box on the side of the house?

 

[sparkymarka]

F connectors and webro hd 100 to move the router ….or cat 5 if your talking about a connection for a computer or other device

 

[DaveOC]

Yes there is a plastic box on the side of the house where the cable goes into, it is from there I want to connect a longer cable and run it up the side of the house and into the bedroom, once inside I want to connect to the Router/computer
Photo of outside connector in plastic box

 

[Lucid]

@sparkymarka is correct. VM's cable in off the street is a triple-shielded coax. The nearest equivalent in an aftermarket product is Webro HD100. It's actually now a better spec than the stuff VM are currently using. HD100 is all copper; the core and all the shields. The stuff VM are using now is a copper coated steel cable (CCS) with aluminium for the foil- and braid-shields.

The end plugs are the same type of fitting as satellite receiver connections. They're a screw fasten type deal. The plugs are fitted to the cable using a compression tool. These used to be expensive specialised tools, but you can now pick up the tool and 20 plugs on Ebay for under £20.

HD100 is a coax, marginally thicker at 6.7mm than good quality TV/sat coax but much stiffer because of the extra shielding. It's fine for straight runs but a PITA for routing around corners. Trying to run it tidily inside is a bit of a challenge. @sparkymarka raises a good point: do you really need to move the hub?

If all you need is a wired Ethernet connection in an upstairs room then it would be much simpler to run some Cat cable.

I run outdoor cat5e at 5mm diameter for certain IP CCTV work. This gives be Gigabit speeds. That's as fast as the VM hub sockets run, so you're not losing anything.

The cable I run is about the same thickness as BT's phone cable. It's much easier to route and hide.

On a little job last week I ran a line out from the customer's lounge where their hub lives, and through the same hole as the existing TV coax. There was enough space without the need for extra drilling. You wouldn't be able to do that with HD100.

The kit for terminating Cat cable is less than a £15. There are kits available on Ebay. Some even include the testers. Here's one for under a tenner: Ebay ref 272558928986.

Once you have your Ethernet cable in to the room then add a 6- or 8-way Gigabit network switch. This will give you more ports than the router alone. I have a Netgear GS208 8-port Gigabit switch sat on my desk right now. That's £17 from Amazon.

If you want some help on the cabling I can send you a length of this same Cat5e with one end ready terminated for you and a couple of plugs with the easy-fit through connections and a bunch of cable clips.

 

[DaveOC]

Lucid Thank you for the info I understand it much better now. It would be very helpful if you could send me some cable and plugs I'm bound to pick up the wrong thing on my own, how do I send my address? Many Thanks

 

[HERTS P&D]

how do I send my address? Many Thanks

With £20 or payment via ebay.

Andy

 

[JohnD]

Photo of outside connector in plastic box

It's a lot dirtier than mine.

has the lid fallen off?

 

[Lucid]

Lucid Thank you for the info I understand it much better now. It would be very helpful if you could send me some cable and plugs I'm bound to pick up the wrong thing on my own, how do I send my address? Many Thanks

You might need to enable the private message facility in your profile. Alternatively (if this will work), try clicking on my profile name near the thumbnail picture and then see if there's an option called 'start conversation'. If you don't see it then you'll have to enable private messaging. It's in the privacy settings for your profile. You can always disable it again once arrangements have been made.

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[Lucid]

Lucid Thank you for the info I understand it much better now. It would be very helpful if you could send me some cable and plugs I'm bound to pick up the wrong thing on my own, how do I send my address? Many Thanks

Hello @DaveOC , Did you get yourself sorted out somewhere else? No message from you and your profile still doesn't allow private conversations.

 

[DIYSOS2018]

Lucid I see you’ve posted here and you’ll recall we’ve spoke. I’m much more active in this sub forum but kudos to you. Just saw the lengths you’ve gone to with/for this user.

 

[Lucid]

Lucid I see you’ve posted here and you’ll recall we’ve spoke. I’m much more active in this sub forum but kudos to you. Just saw the lengths you’ve gone to with/for this user.

Hi. How's it going?

The post from @DaveOC originally popped up in the Audio Visual forum but it has since been moved here. But yeah, I figured a little pay-it-forward help for a fellow FM wouldn't hurt. He has messaged me, and I've replied with a bunch of info including taking some pictures of how the CAT plugs would work. Remembering back, that was something I was curious about when I started to get in to networking.

It turns out that this isn't for @DaveOC directly but a family member, so the wheels move a bit more slowly when more people are involved. The ball's in his court now.

I'll be picking this forums brains soon to get my head around DDNS for IP CCTV. All the gear I've used so far has been HIKVision, and they make it easy for remote viewing with the HIK-Connect app, but I have a couple of MaxxOne cameras here to play around with when I get a spare hour, so I'd like to get some practise setting up DDNS as if I'd be doing it on-site for a customer just to understand the potential pitfalls and common issues.