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A-01, nice, very nice. too check yours, you need to go to that link i posted in another message, the charter website, they have a utility that you can run to check it out, it works under wine just fine. neal Larry Braud wrote: > Neal, I have 3 computers with a Linksys router and Toshiba PCX1100U > cable modem. How can I check the power level on my setup. If I read > the work order correctly, I am on A-01 node. > Larry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Neal Stuntz <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 7:22 PM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] A hello from a new member. > > Brad, > When your modem goes off-line, it is from one of, in most > cases, 3 things. > > 1) You had some channels added to your digital cable box, > or a service changed on your account ( late bill, paying more than > what you needed to, adding services, etc... ). All of these > require a 'refresh' of your account, and in that process your > modem might not get provissioned correctly. When this happens, > you can call and they can reprovision your modem, and your back > on-line. > 2) Your tech was a dumbass and didn't check the levels of > your modem. This can be checked on ALL Motorola Surfboard, > Toshiba 2000/2200 series, ALL Linksys, and ALL DLink modems at > anytime. Just open up your webbrowser and type in > http://192.168.100.1 , then click on the Signals link, and make > sure your Upstream 'power level' is between the range of 30 dB, > and 52 dB, if your in that area, you should never drop offline due > to a wiring issue in your house, or at the tap (place where your > cable hooks up to Cox's system). If you are below 30dB or above > 52dB, but over 28dB and under 58dB you are in an 'acceptable' > range, but not perfect. if you are in any other lvl range your > running at 'max power' and you have wiring issues in the house, > and you need to get Cox out to fix it, or the tap is putting out a > low signal, and Cox needs to fix it ;). Also, if you have a > Toshiba 1xxx series modem, you can set your local IP to > 192.168.100.2 subnet 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.100.1 , and you > can then connect to your modem and check your levels. > 3) Area outage, technicaly known as a 'Node-outage', this > is when a whole node goes out, the nodes in baton rouge are A, B, > C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, M, X. and underneith each one is a > number ( example: A-30, E-22, G-12 ), what those numbers mean is > how far from the main point of the node you are, so if you are > A-30, you are 30 taps away from the source of the node, you can > look on your work order ( yellow copy left with you ), to see what > node your in, it in the top right cornor section. When this > happens, a feeder line got chewed up, or something damaged it, or > an amplifier went out, and your power level jumps to 60dB, because > there is no good signal. make since? example: user on A-30 isn't > working, but A-25 is working, that means an amp, or a feeder line, > or even a tap, went bad between A-25 and A-30. These, all you can > do is call and bitch and moan until it gets fixed. heh. > > hope that answered your question. some things are probably off a > little bit, but that's the gist of it all. > > Neal > 3) > > Brad Bendily wrote: > >>So Neal, >>My modem was down for about 5 days last week. Do you know why? >>None of the techs on the phone seemed to know, they kept wanting to send >>a tech out to look at my modem. But then all of a sudden they found out >>something was wrong in the Baton Rouge, O'Neal lane area and they canceled >>my tech call and fixed the problem. If you don't mind telling me? >>I'm just curious. >>Thanks >>Brad B >> >> >>On Wednesday 25 September 2002 02:28 pm, Neal Stuntz wrote: >> >> >>>Doug: >>> >>> I am the creator of mass unstable bandwidth. I...install cable >>>modems for cox. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> > --------------020506010506050608030101 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A-01, nice, very nice. too check yours, you need to go to that link i posted in another message, the charter website, they have a utility that you can run to check it out, it works under wine just fine. <br> <br> neal<br> <br> Larry Braud wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> <title></title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Neal, I have 3 computers with a Linksys router and Toshiba PCX1100U cable modem. How can I check the power level on my setup. If I read the work order correctly, I am on A-01 node.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Larry</font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0,0,0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228,228,228) none repeat scroll 0%; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>From:</b> <a title="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Neal Stuntz</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>To:</b> <a title="[email protected]" href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 27, 2002 7:22 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [brlug-general] A hello from a new member.</div> <div><br> </div> Brad, <br> When your modem goes off-line, it is from one of, in most cases, 3 things.<br> <br> 1) You had some channels added to your digital cable box, or a service changed on your account ( late bill, paying more than what you needed to, adding services, etc... ). All of these require a 'refresh' of your account, and in that process your modem might not get provissioned correctly. When this happens, you can call and they can reprovision your modem, and your back on-line.<br> 2) Your tech was a dumbass and didn't check the levels of your modem. This can be checked on ALL Motorola Surfboard, Toshiba 2000/2200 series, ALL Linksys, and ALL DLink modems at anytime. Just open up your webbrowser and type in <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://192.168.100.1";>http://192.168.100.1</a> , then click on the Signals link, and make sure your Upstream 'power level' is between the range of 30 dB, and 52 dB, if your in that area, you should never drop offline due to a wiring issue in your house, or at the tap (place where your cable hooks up to Cox's system). If you are below 30dB or above 52dB, but over 28dB and under 58dB you are in an 'acceptable' range, but not perfect. if you are in any other lvl range your running at 'max power' and you have wiring issues in the house, and you need to get Cox out to fix it, or the tap is putting out a low signal, and Cox needs to fix it ;). Also, if you have a Toshiba 1xxx series modem, you can set your local IP to 192.168.100.2 subnet 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.100.1 , and you can then connect to your modem and check your levels.<br> 3) Area outage, technicaly known as a 'Node-outage', this is when a whole node goes out, the nodes in baton rouge are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, M, X. and underneith each one is a number ( example: A-30, E-22, G-12 ), what those numbers mean is how far from the main point of the node you are, so if you are A-30, you are 30 taps away from the source of the node, you can look on your work order ( yellow copy left with you ), to see what node your in, it in the top right cornor section. When this happens, a feeder line got chewed up, or something damaged it, or an amplifier went out, and your power level jumps to 60dB, because there is no good signal. make since? example: user on A-30 isn't working, but A-25 is working, that means an amp, or a feeder line, or even a tap, went bad between A-25 and A-30. These, all you can do is call and bitch and moan until it gets fixed. heh.<br> <br> hope that answered your question. some things are probably off a little bit, but that's the gist of it all.<br> <br> Neal<br> 3) <br> <br> Brad Bendily wrote:<br> <blockquote cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">So Neal, My modem was down for about 5 days last week. Do you know why? None of the techs on the phone seemed to know, they kept wanting to send a tech out to look at my modem. But then all of a sudden they found out something was wrong in the Baton Rouge, O'Neal lane area and they canceled my tech call and fixed the problem. If you don't mind telling me? I'm just curious. Thanks Brad B On Wednesday 25 September 2002 02:28 pm, Neal Stuntz wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Doug: I am the creator of mass unstable bandwidth. I...install cable modems for cox. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> _______________________________________________ General mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net";>http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net</a> </pre> </blockquote> <br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> --------------020506010506050608030101--
