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  1. I was using a Motorola SB3100, my speeds were generally 3 to 4 mb.

    I changed to a Motorola SB4100, and my speeds have gone to 4 to 6 mb.

    My question is:  If I was to upgrade to a Motorola SB5120 could I expect even better performance?

    I do know that the SB4100 has a more powerful chip than the SB3100 and the SB3100 is

    DOCSIS 1.O and the SB4100 is DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1

    I don't know when Comcast is going to DOCSIS 2.0, if they do, my SB4100 will not be compliant with it. It will work, but it will not acknowledge the faster speeds.

    Thank you for any input.  leoinnj

    The Motorola SB51xx series are one of the most stable, widely-used, well-accepted cable modems on the market.  They are designed to be compatable with most future systems/implimentations (upgrades, technologies, etc.).  They are very good modems.

  2. What ISPgeek states is absolutely true.  If your ISP catches you tampering with your modem, they will likely not only cancel your Internet, they will likely also be sure to tell other ISPs about your activity -- so-called "black-listing" you.

    Altering the way your cable modem operates can affect the operation of your ISPs network equipment, such as at the CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) or other hardware, because they are designed to communicate with your modem in a specified, controlled way.  This can directly affect other subscribers on your network segment, perhaps even knocking them offline.

    This topic and the linked subjects are bordering on controversial, and I will be locking it pending further discussion with the mods, and removing the links from the original post.

  3. Cholla, I would be deleting it too. I try to get rid of any sort of bundled software, that comes with something else that I install, as a general means of keeping my PC clean. Alexa claims to be legit, although the toolbar does a lot of stuff in the background, but the reason I would delete it is that to me it is not something that I need or would find useful.

  4. Any idea how hard it would be to go back to IE6 if I preferred it that way after installing Fallow Earth??

    It should be listed in Add/Remove Programs as "Windows Internet Explorer 7."  I would install another browser, like Firefox, before you attempt to uninstall.  I have never uninstalled it, myself.

  5. I'm a new member, and I'm trying to learn the proceedure for posting. I have bounced around the site for awhile, and I'm not sure if this is correct or not.

    I am trying to find out why flash shockwave ver 9 will not install. I downloaded Belarc Advisor, and that shows me at version 6, yet the Adobe site says that ver 9 is installed.

    I would appreciate any help.

    Welcome leoinnj!

    Try the download link from this site (where it says: Click here to Download)

    http://www.softwarepatch.com/internet/flash.html

  6. as soon as i finish school im looking into wirless isp. i believe it is the future of everything. id like to start a small company and provide internet in areas where it was not possible before. this is very possible, but expensive. i already have a mini isp for a project. usin multiple n routers as access points with a homemade antenna i solderd onto the boards. i can detect and successfully connect to my network 2 miles away. its pretty cool actually.

    That is an interesting idea. However, it would be most practical to set up a MAN (Metropolitan Area Network), but I would suppose that these areas already have high-speed data. Otherwise, when you say "id like to start a small company and provide internet in areas where it was not possible before" I can only assume that you must mean rural areas. It would be hard to make ends meet, economically, with such a low residential density in these areas, no?

    You would also have to calculate the effects of weather on signal strength, and space the nodes out accordingly.

    Also, since I believe that you mean to use the routers as a chain of nodes, you would need to consider that a break in the chain means that everybody after that point would not have an Internet connection.  You would need some fault tolerance/redundancy measures to avoid outage, either when a node goes down unexpectantly, or when maintenance is required.

    Only one thing to point out....there are not 46,478 subs on your cable segment. Not sure who gave you that information....but it's highly flawed or your cable company doesn't know how to run their network.

    Yes, that is one monster network segment.

  7. If you are talking REALLY high pitched I'm thinking its your monitor. Does it sitll make the noise when your monitor is off? My friend's monitor makes that really high pitched noise, but only at the higher refresh rates. Funny thing is he can't even hear it because apparently he can't hear noises that high in pitch.

    Hehe, that reminds me.  Name that site: "Is your monitor on?"

  8. I believe, for a cable network anyway, that most ISPs overload their hubs so that it would not be possible to get such speeds at the end user. The cables themselves may be capable of carrying the max speeds, but the processing at the servers becomes the weak link. Upgrading the speeds involves the ISP to invest in more equipment, and I hear tell that stuff doesn't go for cheap.

    Also, I know that some areas are not practical to run fiber. A lot of places, with weather and the elements and whatnot else, experience cable cuts. It is possible to splice copper at the cut site, but I believe that with fiber optic cable you would have to re-run the entire section from where it connects to nodes at each end.

  9. I believe you can access the diagnostics page for the DCM315 by typing 192.168.100.1 in the address bar of your browser. Have a look for the signals that ISPgeek suggested above.

    <hr>

    Do you have a router?

    <hr>

    You can try some ICMP tests. These are done from the command prompt. To get there:

    -click Start

    -click Run

    -type cmd and click ok

    From the command prompt you can try a ping and a traceroute:

    Ping:

    -type ping -n 50 testmy.net

    -hit enter

    -copy and paste the 'Ping Statistics' section here

    Traceroute:

    -type tracert -d testmy.net

    -hit enter

    -copy and paste the entire traceroute results here

    To copy from the command prompt:

    -right-click in the command prompt window

    -choose mark

    -click and drag the cursor over an area to highlight it

    -hit enter to copy to system clipboard

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