In article ,
Owain wrote:
I'd like to put the router in the cellar
| where the line comes in,

Eminently sensible.

| with just the one filter before it, then run Cat5 to both the
| computers up the side of the house. Anything wrong with this plan?

You've got the filter in the wrong place :-) The filter blocks the
broadband signal.

Yup - although the ones supplied have telephone line in/out and output to
router. Of course I'd prefer a 'hard wired' one for this purpose.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
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