Cable modem signal with multiple splitters
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:46 pmI just finished (almost) moving into my new place.
I had cable TV and cable internet installed last Sunday.
Internet performance seemed fine last Sunday, and I didn't have
time to fully test it this week, with all the moving, work etc.
Anyway, this morning I tried it out and my ISP's homepage was very slow to load.
I also tried their speed test and it came in "below our normal range".
The popup said to check a number of things; the only one that applied in my case is that I had more than one splitter between the primary cable line from the street and m cable modem.
There is a 5 way splitter in the garage, and then it goes into at least one more splitter, but more like TWO more splitter before going into the cable modem.
I called the tech this afternoon, and he said it looked fine on my end (i.e. was set up correctly), but they he had to "reset it on (his) end".
He said based on my signal strength that it seemed like I had one or less splitters. The speed was also great.
I just ran the speed test and am getting a very nice 9.4 - 9.5 Mbits per sec! I think the cap is 10 MbPS.
I guess I won't try to fix what isn't broken by trying to remove some splitters and run longer wires, or replace them with gold-plated splitters (my bro told me that gold-plated splitters have as much signal loss/degradation over time as plain silver splitters.
I also noticed that there is a connection OUTSIDE the garage that isn't even inside a weatherproof rubber sleeve: the coaxial cable comes from the street, and is then connected to an extender(?) (i.e. a piece of threaded metal which has one coaxial cable going in and a different one going out; i.e. it connects two coaxial cables) , which feeds the wire that then goes into the garage through a small hole. It is also grounded there.
Shouldn't I weatherproof this?
It has been raining a lot the past few weeks and it seems to have done no harm, but I am worried about rusting etc, although this may have been like this for years
Has anyone else goe the same outdoor connection?
When I mentioned it to the security system installer, he mentioned that I should ask the cable installer to cover it with a weatherproof jacket
or just have the street cable go into the garage and THEN and there hook up the "extender" piece etc.
I showed it to the cable guy, and he said since the metal wires were covered (i.e. only the threading is exposed to the elements such as rain and snow), that it was fine.
Thanks for any feedback!
I had cable TV and cable internet installed last Sunday.
Internet performance seemed fine last Sunday, and I didn't have
time to fully test it this week, with all the moving, work etc.
Anyway, this morning I tried it out and my ISP's homepage was very slow to load.
I also tried their speed test and it came in "below our normal range".
The popup said to check a number of things; the only one that applied in my case is that I had more than one splitter between the primary cable line from the street and m cable modem.
There is a 5 way splitter in the garage, and then it goes into at least one more splitter, but more like TWO more splitter before going into the cable modem.
I called the tech this afternoon, and he said it looked fine on my end (i.e. was set up correctly), but they he had to "reset it on (his) end".
He said based on my signal strength that it seemed like I had one or less splitters. The speed was also great.
I just ran the speed test and am getting a very nice 9.4 - 9.5 Mbits per sec! I think the cap is 10 MbPS.
I guess I won't try to fix what isn't broken by trying to remove some splitters and run longer wires, or replace them with gold-plated splitters (my bro told me that gold-plated splitters have as much signal loss/degradation over time as plain silver splitters.
I also noticed that there is a connection OUTSIDE the garage that isn't even inside a weatherproof rubber sleeve: the coaxial cable comes from the street, and is then connected to an extender(?) (i.e. a piece of threaded metal which has one coaxial cable going in and a different one going out; i.e. it connects two coaxial cables) , which feeds the wire that then goes into the garage through a small hole. It is also grounded there.
Shouldn't I weatherproof this?
It has been raining a lot the past few weeks and it seems to have done no harm, but I am worried about rusting etc, although this may have been like this for years
Has anyone else goe the same outdoor connection?
When I mentioned it to the security system installer, he mentioned that I should ask the cable installer to cover it with a weatherproof jacket
or just have the street cable go into the garage and THEN and there hook up the "extender" piece etc.
I showed it to the cable guy, and he said since the metal wires were covered (i.e. only the threading is exposed to the elements such as rain and snow), that it was fine.
Thanks for any feedback!
