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Cable going slow? Try this...
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 1:03 am
by JeffL
Well I was having cable troubles, I have 2000/384 by Earthlink thru Time Warner.
Anyway, my speed was consistently below 300kbps.
Seeing as how theres something like 8 tvs in my house I figured it wouldn't be a bad idea to check the splitters.
Well sure enough the cable line to the cable modem (which is brand new BTW) was connected via a spliter before the amplifier.
I just switched a TV connection from the amp to the unamped splitter and the cable modem line to the amp.
So far my speed avgs. 1700kbps now and my ping is lower
I emailed my ISP but they are 2 SLOW!
Anyway, maybe this will help someone...
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:13 am
by mccoffee
yeah i was told my crappy cable comapnay you need to amp then split
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 3:06 am
by AznStyl
Hi JeffL ,
What is this amplifier thing u mention? Do u have a picutres or a site of it? i have 4 tvs in 3 rooms and one in the living room. They all use splitters to the main cable. Is there anyway u can show us (me) the sample pix ? sorry my english r bad .. some of the meanings r hard for me to understand.
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 1:18 pm
by JeffL
Yeah, its just a general cable amplifier. You can get one at RadioShack, or your cable co. might be generous enough to give you one, I know mine did, they isntalled it when we moved in
Ill take some pics of the amp if u want and post em here in a few.
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 1:22 pm
by mnosteele52
An amplifier can and most likely will mess up your cable modem frequencies. You should split your cable where it comes into your house with a 2 way splitter one side going directly to your cable modem and the other to the rest of the house for tv signal (you should put the amplifier on the side that goes to all the tvs not the cable modem side).
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 1:31 pm
by JeffL
Thats how it was, but I think the speed improved with the cable on the amp...
Maybe my cable is just being screwey with me, but Ill switch the cable and the TV again and see what happens...
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 1:54 pm
by JeffL
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 1:56 pm
by Lobo
I always heard no amps too
Pics?
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 1:57 pm
by Lobo
Now there there
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:03 pm
by mccoffee
i heard the two with amps no amps for the cable modem
but I also read if you have trouble making ur up cap u could use the amp. with amps you have to be carful if you are just getting garbage singal all you are going to be amping is junk singal.
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:06 pm
by Lobo
The splitter is supposed to regulate the signal to the modem, if not call ISP for another splitter
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:18 pm
by JeffL
Since switching cablemodem off the splitter I get
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtests/18 ... 1026843456
But I switched the cable from the amp 20 mins ago and didn't test right away
Anywho my speeds back up
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:24 pm
by JeffL
I'm bored so I labeled the first one:
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 3:35 pm
by kindredmwa
anyone else tried the amp on the internet side?Im curious if i should give it a go..my splitter is ancient anyways.
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 7:22 pm
by Lobo
Call ISP, tell them you loose net, need new splitter
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 8:09 pm
by mnosteele52
Originally posted by kindredmwa
anyone else tried the amp on the internet side?Im curious if i should give it a go..my splitter is ancient anyways.
Don't, as I said above the amplifier can and most likely will mess up you frequencies. But by all means get a good quality splitter and make sure your f-connectors are secure and put on properly.
