On 13-11-04 1:05 PM, "Martin Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, we're still happy to have swapped from Bigpond to TPG Internet:
> 1.5Mb/256k unlimited (shaped to 64Kbps after 24GB of downloads per month)
> No charge for uploads
> $49.95 per month. :-)
>
> Couple of caveats that may just be us:
>
> My PowerBook has an issue with the D-Link DSL-302G ADSL modem TPG supplied
> compared to the SpeedTouch ADSL modem Bigpond supplied us with when we were
> with them. My PowerBook G4 1.25GHz can't get a DHCP IP address from the
> modem automatically so I have to put in a manual IP. However, the 4 other
> computers in the house work fine with it.
>
> Only other issue we have is the telephone has just started to interfere with
> the ADSL connection so we leave the phone disconnected while on the internet
> at the moment! I don't think this is TPG's fault - we're only now just in
> range of the exchange and the phone lines in our street are very ancient.
Age of the phone lines has nothing to do with it.
If you are getting interference on ADSL there are a number of sources for
interference.
1. Your filter that should be between your phones and the line where the
modem etc are connected.
2. Your equipment ( Modem, Router etc )
3. The exchange interface equipment
4. Possibly an insulation problem with the line.
Typically the filters are el Cheapo versions with an electrical " T " shape
instead of an " H " shape. Makes the line more susceptible to noise
problems.
You may have had a lightning or Power surge that could make it faulty.
Similarly a lightning surge could have " unbalanced " your cable pair.
( Yes that is right ..... Lightning in an underground cable )
And , by the way, just because your Mac performs Ok at a place like Curtain
does not mean that the Mac is OK.
Short line connections can hide the problem
I suggest you start by checking the filter.
Martin, feel free to mail direct
Bob Howells
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> -Mart
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