On Sunday 20 July 2003 0:03 am, Kurt Wall wrote: > Quoth Michael Hipp: > > Kurt Wall wrote: > > >Hey, list, > > > > > >I learned something interesting about DSL today. I was having lots > > >or intermittency problems with my DSL connection. A call to tech > > >support later, and it was fixed. Immediately. The solution: make > > >the RJ11 cable from the wall jack to the modem as short as > > > possible. The Ethernet cable can be as long as the protocol > > > supports, but the RJ11 cable needs to be very short, or the > > > connection will be unstable. > > > > I've never seen that problem, but it is no doubt due to the RJ11 > > cable being untwisted. The uniform twisting of cat5 and even good > > old telephone house wire gives it an inherent ability to reject > > noise. Has to do with how the e-m fields cut through both conductors > > identically. > > This is good information. I had no idea, but this is the sort of thing > that, lacking a proper engineering education, is indistinguishable > from magic. Thanks! > > > And it's a good "trick" to remember for the future. > > On its way to the SxS tips... > > Kurt
I might add that I'm currently using (at least) a 25 foot phone cord for DSL at my wife's house. (now sold) Goes from one bedroom, through a closet, into another bedroom and around the wall... etc. Has worked just fine from day 1 of DSL install. I would guess that your cord is picking up some interference from somewhere and that mine is not. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 07/20/03 10:31 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "I am having an out of money experience." _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
