Chuck Hast wrote:
> 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..
Well, that's exactly my thought.
>
> How long is the run?
About 50'
> what sort of cable did you use?
RJ6? It's RJ59 and RJ6, right? I used which ever is the current one.
It was the $.25/ft Home Depot type that I stripped and put my own ends on.
> 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.
I suppose I could still do this, but it means more attic time. Uuuuggghhh!
> Where is your router (I guess you have one since you told me that you
> have various computers)
I have a little cabinet on wheels which houses the modem, the router,
the switch, and the file server. I don't know if it makes a
difference, but it's the cheapy Motorola modem that Cox gave us when we
signed on (I think it was a refurb if not straight-up USED), the router
is a Netgear RP614 that I got as a refurb on ebay, and the switch is a
Nortel Baystack 24-port that was yet another ebay find. I'm not sure
the model, but if that could make a difference, I could get in there and
find out.
> 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,
Well, if the signal booster is a bad idea, this may be my best
solution. I really don't want to get back in the attic, although it
wouldn't be SO bad since I could tape my CAT 5 to the existing coaxial
to drag it through. Oh, wait, no I couldn't. I still need cable in
here for the TV. I need a signal booster anyway if I expect to ever
watch TV in here... Maybe I should add the booster and if that doesn't
fix it (or makes it worse for that matter), I should then put the modem
back in the living room and stretch ethernet cables all over my house.
> 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.
The power here goes out fairly frequently. When I have to restart the
network, it's really nice to have all of that crap all together. Plus,
then I don't have a cable modem randomly sitting on my living room
floor. Granted, I could probably tuck it behind the couch, but then
there's the whole restarting of the network. That would be a total pain
in the butt! If that really is my best solution, I think I'll go ahead
and run two CAT 5's so that way I can have the home theater pc ready to
jam once I FINALLY get it built. (One machine at a time, right?)
> 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.
The splitters were the cheap Home Depot special two-for-five-buck
jobbies. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if that is the root of
all my problems. (no pun intended.) If somebody told me that getting
some kind of fancier splitter would get me fixed up, I would probably go
for it. Really, I'm just tired of waiting a good twenty seconds to
reload my myspace profile, or an ebay auction. The LAN seems to be
working fine. When I send a print job, it wakes up the Laserjet
instantly, and I have no problems with file transfer between pc's. So,
I am led to believe that it's my link with the outside world that is
currently in peril. Thanks for the thoughts, Chuck. Anybody else have
any input, or should I haul off and run 100' of CAT 5 through my attic?
--Michael
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