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Different Modem's Report Different Attenuation

  • 01-06-2011 9:56pm
    #1
    galait
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    Hi

    Been on 1Mb DSL with Vodafone for 18 months and all was well until a week ago , Speed dropped back to Dial up Like and Modem was syncing @ 160 kb , I replaced my Cable & Wireless DSL Router with an Eircom Zyxel Modem and no difference.
    I logged a call and on Monday my "New" Eircom Router started Syncing at 1024 again , But since Monday I have had numerous disconnects ,
    I have switched back to the Cable & Wireless DSL Router and things seem to have settled again at 1024 ,

    However the Eircom Modem reported my Down Stream Attenuation as 63db but the Cable & Wireless reports it as 46db , Which is correct and would I have any chance of reaching 2Mb as that sort of an increase would be great.

    Thanks for reading and let me know whaat you think.


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  • #2
    lucernarian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    Could you swap the Zyxel in briefly, and use the same cables and filters that are being used for the C&W modem? I'd like to see it double-checked just to rule out other unlikely or bizarre possibilities. You can plug the C&W back in when you get the attenuation and signal margin values from the Zyxel modem.

    Where did you get the Zyxel modem from or at least do you know how old it is? How old is the C&W modem btw? I didn't know Cable and Wireless even made customer premises equipment.


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