[Tfug] modem and router combo

[Jeffry Johnston]

While we're on the topic.. I just recently had cable installed.  He did a
check and said my sending line level was low so he put a filter on the back
of my modem and that "fixed it".  It seems counterintuitive to me that
adding 2 more joining points on the coax would make things better.. wouldn't
it just further degrade the connection?  Any idea how this thing works.. or
is it actually a speed limiter or something and he was just blowing smoke?

Jeff

On 10/26/07, christopher floess <skeptikos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Man, this is getting annoying. My internet just keeps going
> in and out. Reboots don't have anything to do with it.
> Yesterday while I was on the phone with the tech, the I
> lost my connection and regained no less than three times
> the good thing about it is that she was able to see all of
> this, so I wasn't talked to like I must be crazy.
>
> I've clicked the links for some of the routers in this list
> of messages, but right now I'm waiting for my connection
> to come back. I just hope the modem is the problem.
>
> On 10/26/07, Earl <earljviolet at juno.com> wrote:
> > Now they include a 2-wire, or at the last couple I set up did.  It makes
> the Actiontec look great.
> >
> > Earl
> >
> >
> > "God made man, Sam Colt made men equal."
> > "The fates guide him who will, him who won't they drag" Spengler
> >
> > -- "Jim March" <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The Qwest DSL standard install uses a crude little Actiontech
> > (spelling?) DSL modem with a WiFi antenna (that's usually disabled)
> > and primitive routing to a single Ethernet port.  Oh, and USB if you
> > want (not for Linux though unless you're a masochist).
> >
> > Beast Buy has an Actiontech DSL modem/router that's more advanced -
> > true router, four Ethernet ports out, WiFi with full WPA/etc. security
> > for $90 last I checked - and Qwest DOES support that thing no problem.
> >
> > But that's a rare situation.  A much more common situation with cable
> > or DSL is that the ISP only supports those "house-brand" modems they
> > distribute.  From there you run Ethernet to an external router of some
> > sort.
> >
> > If you buy a cable modem with integrated router from some other source
> > there's no guarantee you'll get it working and no possibility of
> > support from the ISP.
> >
> > Hence it's almost always easier to deal with the situation with two
> > boxes: modem and router.
> >
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