jay173 Posted September 15, 2005 CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 My cable company fixed all my signal and pack loss problums just by uncapping my connection, anyone have same types of problums? What is your opinion on capping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted September 15, 2005 CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 I don't want to condradict you or anything, but....... The bandwidth cap has nothing to do with signal strength or packet loss. DId a tech come out for your packet loss and signal problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay173 Posted September 15, 2005 Author CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 yea he did, but they still havent fixed whats causing these in our town,its all over dsl reports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted September 15, 2005 CID Share Posted September 15, 2005 my guess is that the number of people jumped and that caused the frequency to change slightly.. causing the packet loss and slow speeds.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cak46 Posted September 16, 2005 CID Share Posted September 16, 2005 My cable company fixed all my signal and pack loss problums just by uncapping my connection, anyone have same types of problums? What is your opinion on capping? Capping is bad for me because it slows me down but it is good because it allows more bandwidth to be available for the masses. Whats your up and down speeds without the cap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay173 Posted September 16, 2005 Author CID Share Posted September 16, 2005 instead of steady 768 down its 900 to 768 and my upload is 128 to 192 because of the caps the signal was actly to strong in my area for uploads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cak46 Posted September 16, 2005 CID Share Posted September 16, 2005 instead of steady 768 down its 900 to 768 and my upload is 128 to 192 because of the caps the signal was actly to strong in my area for uploads I think that the electrical signal strength is a function of the system itself, whereas the cap comes into play only to limit bandwidth. This is done thru a script sent to your cable modem that tells it, in essence, it can only use lets say 6mb down and 384kbps up. They probably opened up the pipe because so many people were complaining. If you could, go ahead and post an up and download test. Have you checked the signal strength in your modem? Put this ip in your browser: 168.192.100.1 and post your signal strengths. This is the range they should be in: Excerpted from : http://www.dslreports.com/faq/7124 ************************************* # Downstream S(ignal to)N(oise)R(atio): On QAM 64 systems it should be 30 dB or higher. For those who have been upgraded to QAM 256, it should be 33 dB or higher. # Downstream Received Power: the DOCSIS specification requires cable modems to function correctly with downstream power levels in the range -15 dBmV to +15 dBmV: power readings at or close to those extremes are likely to be unacceptable. # The better the return path is, the lower the Upstream Transmit Power will be. The upstream transmit power will lie within the range +8 to +58 dBmV, with the recommended range of +30 to +55 dBmV. ****************************** BTW: What provider do you have and what is your up/down speeds supposed to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay173 Posted September 16, 2005 Author CID Share Posted September 16, 2005 768 down and 128 up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cak46 Posted September 16, 2005 CID Share Posted September 16, 2005 768 down and 128 up Sounds like your speed is good. Are you getting disconnects? If not, enjoy hitting what used to be your cap! Wish they'd take mine off....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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