Simple ? DSL question

[lookitup]

I have DSL that's working fine. I want to move my computer/modem to another room.

I have cat5e cable coming from outside the house in to my wall phone socket, but it has a regular telephone size output socket, into which are plugged my modem and telephone.

The easiest way to move the computer would be to plug into that socket and extend to the new room. I would need to add a length of about 25-30' to get to the new location. Is it OK to do that using a phone cord, and would that degrade my DSL speed? Or is it necessary to extend the cat5e to the new location?

 

[johnb35]

Do you have an active phone jack in the area where the modem and computer will be? If so, then just connect the modem to the new phone jack and it should work. If you don't, then just extend the phone cord from the existing phone jack to where the modem will be. You won't lose any signal.

 

[novicegeek]

If you mess with any cat5e cables, make sure that they are rolled, not bent. It can degrade the signal.

P.S. Not true with most other cords (like USB).