Moving router within a room

[Snickswich]

I want to move my router to the other side of the room, I require an extended cable from the wall to the router. What is the best cable to get for this without losing speed. I have a Hub 5 and the M500 fibre broadband. 

[carl_pearce]

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@Snickswich wrote:

I want to move my router to the other side of the room, I require an extended cable from the wall to the router. What is the best cable to get for this without losing speed. I have a Hub 5 and the M500 fibre broadband. 

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You cannot use your own cabling.

You need to contact VM who charge a flat fee of £25.

Unless you can leave the router where it is and run an Ethernet cable instead.

[Snickswich]

So VM charge £25 to supply a longer cable? 

[nodrogd]

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@Snickswich wrote:

I want to move my router to the other side of the room, I require an extended cable from the wall to the router. What is the best cable to get for this without losing speed. I have a Hub 5 and the M500 fibre broadband. 

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VM use specialised cable. This is designed to prevent ingress of interference from other radio sources using the same frequency range as Virgin outside of the cable (like 4G/5G mobile phones). Extending the cable also may require signal adjustments to keep services optimum. This requires access to the street cabinet. Hence you need a tech visit to do the required work.

[Snickswich]

So Ethernet cables would be an option, is there a specific brand, quality of cable I should be using to maintain the integrity of the internet speed from router to device? They would need to be around 4-5metres in length 

[carl_pearce]

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@Snickswich wrote:

So VM charge £25 to supply a longer cable? 

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No, they charge £25 for an engineer to visit your home, reroute a longer cable, and check power levels and adjust accordingly at the cabinet.

[carl_pearce]

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@Snickswich wrote:

So Ethernet cables would be an option, is there a specific brand, quality of cable I should be using to maintain the integrity of the internet speed from router to device? They would need to be around 4-5metres in length 

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100 metre Ethernet cables, cat5e and above, are capable of supporting 1Gbps.

Just make sure the cable isn't cat5 and you should be ok.

[nodrogd]

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@Snickswich wrote:

So Ethernet cables would be an option, is there a specific brand, quality of cable I should be using to maintain the integrity of the internet speed from router to device? They would need to be around 4-5metres in length 

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You can get pre-made Ethernet Cat5e & Cat6 cables of that length from Amazon that will do the job.

[jbrennand]

Cat6a cable has improved shielding from crosstalk and interference.

What do you want to attach to the other end of the cable?

[Snickswich]

There will be a smart tv and 3 games consoles