On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Austad, Jay wrote: > Anyone tried one of those Motorola Cable Modem Amplifier thingies? > My signal is at -10, which is right at the limit, and my connection > routinely drops. It was -13, but they gave me a better modem and it > improved to -10. I put caps on all of the open cable ports in the > house, but it didn't seem to make my signal any better. > > Unfortunately, the people who built the house must have used cable > made out of xmas lights or something, because the farther you get from > where it comes into the house, the worse the signal. I ran new cable > from the entry point down to my cable modem, but I think the other > crappy cable in the house is causing problems. I have splitters, but > they all come after the main block, which the cable modem is plugged > into. What happens if you disconnect the other cable in the house temporarily and _just_ connect the cable modem to the line? -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500