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To: ahhaha who wrote (23818)	7/22/2000 8:23:15 PM
From: Bud G	Respond to of 29970

You sure are one twisted dood.<g> When the RCN guy came over to "install" my service, all he did was bring over the modem and type in a few settings into my notebook. I had already installed my own card. I'm not talking about subs having to string their own cable.

To: ahhaha who wrote (23818)	7/23/2000 1:12:16 PM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

What @Home Doesn't Want You To Know By John Gillett ... Other factors which affect your performance are more difficult to remedy, and cannot be improved with simple tweaks. Depending on what type of cable modem you have, eighty percent of the packet loss issues and slow speed problems found in the system are due to ingress and high RF (Radio Frequency) levels. The end user accounts for eighteen percent, and actual system problems account for two percent of the problems. Here is a list of physical things to look for to get the best performance out of your cable modem by keeping your RF levels as low as possible: Old cable. If it's RJ-59 cable, have it replaced. RG-6 is the current type. Poor fittings. For example, the Radio Shack fittings which crimp the jacket are bad as they cause ingress. Braid sticking out of connectors. Causes ingress. Staples holding cable. NOT the cable staples. Improper fasteners can cause sharp bends in the wire, and/or braided insulation, if present, which can distort signals. House amplifiers. Very, very, very bad. Theoretically, you should be able to feed six televisions from the incoming cable without the use of a House amplifier. These don't pass reverse signals most of the time and introduce high signal levels throughout the system. More than two enhanced type boxes. Enhanced boxes are used to order services through a remote, for example, Pay Per View. If you have more than two of them, they cause interference known as "crosstalk" with the cable modem. Non dedicated lines! Your line to the modem from the house-box should be dedicated. Most cable companies put a directional coupler in the house-box to isolate your data and television signals. If you have your computer and television on a splitter behind the television, that's bad. If you live in an apartment, you're out of luck. Cheap splitters or no DC. If your cable company does not use DC's and that splitter connecting your modem and television is old, or is not matched for your MHz system, that is bad. DO NOT install Radio Shack/Gemini splitters. Only use the ones the cable company provides. R/S splitters have no insulation and are usually not matched to the MHz of the system. In short, do not wire your house yourself unless you have the proper tools to do so. Ingress is the number one killer of cable modems. Keep those fittings snug!