jadaken
@cableone.net
|  to much signal is bad for the modem
trust me i do the installs here in Odessa some times the signal from the tap is so high and it causes your upstream to not be in the optimal zone.... if your tap out side is an 18 value tap add 20 on to it to make 38... now take in the loss over the length and add that so rg6 looses what 4db over 100 ft so add that and thats 42..... that is the minimal on upstream and the max optimal is 52. so you can stick in a 4 way splitter for your tvs thats 7db and a dc 6 for you modem one side is 1 db loss and the other side is 6 db loss making your modem have an upstream of 48 and the tvs are left with what ever signal that is left over... 45/35 is what out system is here and we want 0db at the wall plate.. so 18 tap losses 18 on the high and the low end of the spectrum. and then going thou the splitters losses the amount on the splitter and the the cable loss.. it really does matter wither you have the line straight to the pole or thru a splitter so don't think that its like dsl that if your line is the shortest and the only going to the ally or circuit box it will be faster..... the speeds are all controlled by what you pay for and its easy to change when you upgrade speed its a click and a reboot on our side...
if you increase signal you decrease upstream if you loose signal you add upstream if you can check out your signal readings on you surfboard at 192.168.100.1 under signal and post what you have.... |
