On 12/17/06, michael hast <evylrobot19@cox.net> wrote:
> Okay. this question is not so much a Linux question as a
> networking/modem question, but you guys are a bright bunch, and I know
> that it's not beyond your abilities. Since I moved all of my computers
> from the living room to the home office, my browsing speed has
> dramatically decreased. I didn't want to mess with the cable company to
> get another jack put in, so I just teed off from where they had it
> coming through the wall and ran a cable through the attic to get to the
> home office. There is a TV in here, and the signal is quite fuzzy when
> we ever turn it on (suffice it to say less than frequently). I'm kind
> of thinking that the cheap-o coaxial tees that I purchased may be the
> culprit, but I have to also wonder if the teeing itself is my problem.
> I know they make cable signal boosters, but I haven't heard of anybody
> using such a devise upstream of a cable modem. Have any of you used one
> of these things in an application like this? I would just hate to waste
> the money if that wouldn't work. Thanks in advance.
>
Neph...
It sounds like you have got loss in the cable big time. If you see nasty video
on your TV your cable modem is probably seeing nasty data too..
How long is the run? what sort of cable did you use? I would have just left
the cable modem where it was and ran a big of cat 5 to the other side of the
house. Where is your router (I guess you have one since you told me that you
have various computers) I have a run of cat 5 between two houses, it is over
300 feet long (breaks the spec by about 50 feet) and it still runs gang busters,
I am going to replace it with fibre before the next lighting season as the last
one cost me some nic cards because the long run is under ground. Again
I would have just run some cat 5 inside the house like that unless you wanted
the cable modem in the room with you. Then you need to look at the splitter
that splits the signal from the cable d-mark out to your TV's and modem.
You may not have enough to make the run or the splitter was going bad
and you ran out on a long wire and the drip turned to whiffs of vapour, or
as you said, you have some bad cable and/or connectors.
-- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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