Usually, the cable company puts a splitter just before the cable modem. One
side of the split goes to the modem (50% of the signal) and the other side
goes to the TV, or another splitter. So if you have two TVs, they each see
25% - half of the split signal from the first splitter. (That's not exactly
how it works, but it's close enough.)
I'll bet you moved the cable modem to a "25%" connection. You might be able
to rewire things to allow a stronger signal to get to the modem. Each
splitter drops the signal strength even more. You want the modem directly
connected on the first splitter, and you want it to be a 1 to 2 connection,
and to be of very good quality.
Ken Elliott
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-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of michael hast
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:58 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: [SLUG] slow connection
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.
--Michael
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