> > wow,
> > you must live in a big house ;-). i though CAT5 could go about 300
> > feet or so before needing assistance. How much distance do you have
> > to go? And I agree with the previous post. You cable company maps
> > your account to the cable modem itself. I think if you plug the old
> > one in, nothing is going to happen at all as it will be nonfunctional.
> > With that said, just plug the thing in and try it. What have you got
> > to lose.
> > good luck,
> > jeff
> I was always under the impression that 25' from router to NIc was the
> norm, with 50' as the max for all the cabling. I will say that when I use
> the longest cable to get to my current upstairs room, my system is much
> slower surfing the net than the other three possible system's that are
> hooked up in the ba***t. My son has his 'puter and his friends often
> bring a laptop and a desktop system to fill up the ports for my router.
> So when all four are connected..even not actively *** on the net..My
> system is noticably slower. So I figure that stretching the cabling
> another 25 or so feet would really be pushing my 100mbs lan.
> dave henrie
Oy! dave,
Jeff is correct, cat5 is good for 300ft before needing assistance from
a bridge or switch/router. In your above description, have your cable
company check your signal strength from the street to the entry point
to your house. While he's there he should have no problems checking
your sig. strength to your other end points. You shouldn't have to
pay for this, just call up a tell them your are having intermittent
connectivity issues. Also, hard code all nics' to 100/full NOT auto
negotiate. Also, some time ago i used a network tool from netIQ that
monitored point to point transmissions giving stats on latency and
packet loss, may want to check it out by doing a google search.
forgot to mention, try using static IP's for your clients behind the
router. I had problems few years ago when my sonic wall firewall was
dishing out IP's - browsing was slow going tried everything. Finally,
set up static IP's and everything was lightning fast.
Anyway, I have a Sun E450 dishing out the goodness from my ba***t
and I have hundred's of feet of cat5 running through the house with no
problems.
good luck....
oh...forgot your other inquiry. don't waste your time with your 2nd
modem. it won't work unless the serial (mac) is registered with your
cable company. even if its registered, you'll need a separate line
running to your house to use it, it will not work 'in - line" with
your other modem. email me if you want a clarification.
cheers
