David, you never cease to amaze me with your varied knowledge, since you seem to have breadth and depth.
begin On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 17:57:06 -0500 "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 17:53:06 -0700 > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 07/19/03 17:43, Kurt Wall wrote: > > > > > Hey, list, > > > > > > I learned something interesting about DSL today. I was having lots > > > or intermittency problems with my DSL connection. A call to tech > > > 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. > > > > > > Go figger. > > > > It's more a function of the quality of the RJ-11 cable and the > connectors. That said, RJ-11 cables you buy have very small guage wire > which affects the signal. The DSL works using ATM frames. At approx > 5.5km (roughly 3 miles), quality, as measured by signal speed, begins > dropping off. Signal quality is affected by all this and more. > > I have a DSLAM installed (Lucent Stinger FS). I test the lines > initially by running them full open and letting someone connect. If a > short line (within the 5.5km) doesn't come up to 8Mb/1Mb, I know I'll > have trouble with the connection regardless of the throttled speed (the > closer to the throttled speed the original test was, the more trouble). > Poor connectors in the closets, knicked wires, all make for problems. > ATM is a PITA (and a POS too). Stay as far away from it as possible > (let the telcos worry). > > Ciao, > > David A. Bandel > -- > Focus on the dream, not the competition. > Nemesis Racing Team motto > GPG key autoresponder: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems *Network Consulting, Integration & Support *Web Development and E-Business _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
