new cable modem - and problems

[Matt Cahill]

On September 25, 2004 02:45 pm, Peter L. Peres wrote:
> Imho you're not done yet. Try to switch back to the ethernet cable. See if
> the ether cable is twisted (it should be straight through but check your
> modem docs). The 'solid' light simply means the connection is saturated.
> This is not good imho. It should flicker indicating some spare time on
> the link. For me switching from USB to ethernet on a Terayon cable modem
> jumped the speed from 75k to 100k (long time average). And the light
> flickers, it's not steady on. Maybe your modem is different.


  Actually, I wasn't being literal when I said the light was "more solid".  It 
still flickers.  It's just that the signal certainly seems stronger than 
before (solid=stronger).  Sorry for the confusion.

M

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