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Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

rdyson — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:25:39 GMT

Basically, I'm looking to wall mount my router far away from it's current position behind my TV (which is where the phone socket is. The only problem is the DC extension cables I've bought from eBay (2.1mm and 2.5mm) don't fit - these two sizes appear to be standard sizes so finding anything else to try is a huge issue.

Does anyone here know what size the DC connector is?

(this is one that I've tried to no avail https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1m-2m-3m-5m-10m-2-5mm-Socket-to-90-Degree-Angled-Plug-DC-Power-Extension-Cables/273267490172)

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

Baldrick1 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:46:12 GMT

Surely where you have a TV you have electricity? Why not just put a mains adapter behind your TV if you haven't got enough sockets?

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

rdyson — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:50:39 GMT

It's not about how many sockets I have, the reason why I want to move it is because I'm convinced the TV is blocking some of the wireless signal (plus you're not supposed to put the router near electrical equipment anyway).

The standard power cable is only 1.5m and I need 3-5m of cable - I don't want to spend lots of money having a new socket installed away from the TV.

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:04:39 GMT

@rdyson - IIRC these are standard barrel connections at 3.5mm

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

rdyson — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:12:48 GMT

@Anonymous Something like this? Or is it 3.5mm at both ends?

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:18:04 GMT

@rdyson, sort of. If the connector on the wall wart (PSU) is a 3.5mm Male barrel then you will want an extension of 3.5mm Female to 3.5mm Male. Where you insert the PSU Male in to the Female end and the Male end of the extension goes in to the router as normal.

You're hinting at something not being a standard size, so what router are you using?

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

rdyson — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:39:21 GMT

@Anonymous I've got a Plusnet One router. Well, I say it's not standard size because the most common sizes on the market are 2.1mm and 2.5mm e.g. . The only 3.5mm dc cables I can find are 3.5mm x 1.35mm which isn't the one I need (?). The only 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable I can find is an audio cable lol. I've even tried AliExpress and not even they sell such things.

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:24:04 GMT

@rdyson - Is this what you are looking for?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BIFSWWY

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

Strat — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:35:03 GMT

Also to bear in mind you are probably going to be using a much longer phone socket to router cable...not ideal.

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

rdyson — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:42:07 GMT

@Anonymous Something like that, except that one is 2.1mm so doesn't fit

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

rdyson — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:45:51 GMT

@Strat My phone socket goes into the modem which connects to the Hub One via LAN cable, so I don't need to worry about that

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

LifeonMars — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:03:39 GMT

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Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

Baldrick1 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:58:17 GMT

@rdyson wrote:

the reason why I want to move it is because I'm convinced the TV is blocking some of the wireless signal (plus you're not supposed to put the router near electrical equipment anyway).

If the whole purpose of this is because you have poor wireless performance then maybe you would be better looking a bit deeper into that. Have you tried the steps in this post? https://community.plus.net/t5/Fibre-Broadband/Fibre-Regularly-losing-wi-fi-connection/m-p/1557869#M79726

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

Baldrick1 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:33:24 GMT

@rdyson wrote:

@Strat My phone socket goes into the modem which connects to the Hub One via LAN cable, so I don't need to worry about that

Why do you use a modem AND a Hub One? The Hub One has an ADSL/VDSL modem built in.

Edit

@rdyson

Thinking about this a bit more, are you sure that you have a Hub One and not a a Hub Zero? This Hub Zero/modem combination was issued in the days when BT installed the modem for you. If this is the case then why not leave the modem plugged in to the BT master socket behind the TV and use a longer WAN cable between the modem and re positioned router?

?As an aside, the wifi performance of the Plusnet Hub One is dire so if you're going through this to try to improve wifi performance then you may be disappointed.

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

rdyson — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:37:43 GMT

@Baldrick1 Definitely a Hub One - I had the Zero but asked Plusnet for a Hub One and they duly obliged.

That's exactly what I want to do, use a 5m WLAN cable from the modem to the repositioned router..it's just that I can't find a way to power a repositioned router further away from where it currently is (!) lol.

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

Baldrick1 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:46:34 GMT

So why aren't plugging a cable between the BT master socket and the Hub One DSL socket without using the modem? Anyway maybe I'm being really thick here, assuming that you stick with using the modem and a Hub One why can't you use a longer WAN cable to move the router to a new position close to a mains outlet? If there isn't a mains outlet near where you want to locate the router then why not use a mains extension cable?

Re: Looking to extend power supply of my router, but DC connector isn't a standard size?

Strat — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:48:33 GMT

I've just measured the power plug on my Hub one and it's 5.46mm OD and 3.06 ID.