On 7/20/03 0:03, "Kurt Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoth Michael Hipp: >> Hey, list, >>> >>> I learned something interesting about DSL today. I was having lots >>> or intermittency problems with my DSL connection. A call to tech >>>> Kurt Wall wrote: >> >> support later, and it was fixed. Immediately. The solution: make >>> the RJ11 cable from the wall jack to the modem as short as possible. >>> The Ethernet cable can be as long as the protocol supports, but the >>> RJ11 cable needs to be very short, or the connection will be unstable. >> >> I've never seen that problem, but it is no doubt due to the RJ11 cable >> being untwisted. The uniform twisting of cat5 and even good old >> telephone house wire gives it an inherent ability to reject noise. Has >> to do with how the e-m fields cut through both conductors identically. > > This is good information. I had no idea, but this is the sort of thing > that, lacking a proper engineering education, is indistinguishable > from magic. Thanks! > >> And it's a good "trick" to remember for the future. > > On its way to the SxS tips... > > Kurt
I don�t have DSL any more but when I did my installer used CAT-5 cable and put RJ11 connectors on it, this helped a lot. I was far out from the CO so I needed every little bit of help. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
