TylerDurden
Jack's Smirking Revenge
- Joined
- May 24, 2001
Here's another good one, to join my home AC issues
I run a laptop and cable modem setup for the internet......
yesterday morning my internet was not working, cable light on the cable modem was just blinking (weak or no cable signal) i let it go for a few hours before calling COX.....so i call cox and they have me re hook up the modem directly to the outlet (vice the splitter its normally on for TV use) keep in mind this setup has worked flawlessly for 6 months (usually in the 2.4-3.4 Mbit range)
so i hook it directly up to the outlet and still no signal, they say ok, we will send someone out in the next 24 hours....OK....not 5 min later it starts working via the direct connection....i keep it that way so i can retain the internet until the guy shows up.
he shows up this morning and here's the scenerio......
he checks outside first....everying is TIP TOP, he comes in and checks the outlet (says its the BEST signal he's ever seen) he hooks up his test modem and it gets good lights.
ok...so we hook every back up like it should be, splitter and all, but this time he puts the TV on the DC-6 tap (i had the modem on the tap previously) and wala it works....3.4 Mbit in the middle of the day!
ok so we are back on track......now here's the wierd part
in the past i had noticed that once in a while when i would plug the AC/DC adapter into the back of the laptop i would get zapped....wierd but i didnt think much of it.....
yesterday when i went to unplug the cable from the splitter (to the modem) i got zapped once it was free from the splitter.....
the cable guy also got zapped doing the same thing (i never warned him of the issue) he said it was normal for some voltage to be there, but not that bad.....
two tests we did, with the lap top plugged into its AC/DC adapter and modem unplugged, we got zapped, with the AC adapter to the laptop unplugged, no zap......he thinks this is causing the detioration of the modem's tuner, which over time is requiring a better signal just to work and WILL die eventually....
ANY THOUGHTS??????
I run a laptop and cable modem setup for the internet......
yesterday morning my internet was not working, cable light on the cable modem was just blinking (weak or no cable signal) i let it go for a few hours before calling COX.....so i call cox and they have me re hook up the modem directly to the outlet (vice the splitter its normally on for TV use) keep in mind this setup has worked flawlessly for 6 months (usually in the 2.4-3.4 Mbit range)
so i hook it directly up to the outlet and still no signal, they say ok, we will send someone out in the next 24 hours....OK....not 5 min later it starts working via the direct connection....i keep it that way so i can retain the internet until the guy shows up.
he shows up this morning and here's the scenerio......
he checks outside first....everying is TIP TOP, he comes in and checks the outlet (says its the BEST signal he's ever seen) he hooks up his test modem and it gets good lights.
ok...so we hook every back up like it should be, splitter and all, but this time he puts the TV on the DC-6 tap (i had the modem on the tap previously) and wala it works....3.4 Mbit in the middle of the day!
ok so we are back on track......now here's the wierd part
in the past i had noticed that once in a while when i would plug the AC/DC adapter into the back of the laptop i would get zapped....wierd but i didnt think much of it.....
yesterday when i went to unplug the cable from the splitter (to the modem) i got zapped once it was free from the splitter.....
the cable guy also got zapped doing the same thing (i never warned him of the issue) he said it was normal for some voltage to be there, but not that bad.....
two tests we did, with the lap top plugged into its AC/DC adapter and modem unplugged, we got zapped, with the AC adapter to the laptop unplugged, no zap......he thinks this is causing the detioration of the modem's tuner, which over time is requiring a better signal just to work and WILL die eventually....
ANY THOUGHTS??????