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Originally Posted by updater
Virgin have hooked a splitter in the coax cable. One end goes to the STB, the end goes to the cable modem.
The cable modem connects to the PC via Cat5 cable RJ45 to RJ45.
The line going to the cable modem is in lieu of a connection to a standard telephone line and the BT line won't accept broadband.
AOL got VM to install this modem and split the signal from the STB. There are 'F' connections everywhere and yards of white coax linking everything up.
Pulling the router out restores the connection. Double clicking the AOL9 icon opens up their usual connection dialogue and everything works OK.
It's all quite a lash up, really. I should still be able to put a wireless router between the PC and the CM using standard Cat5 cabling. I just thought it would be easier...
Rick
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your really make it hard to help you with this but we shall try again.....
forget all the splitting F connectors etc and what exactly does 'The
line going to the cable modem is in lieu of a connection to a standard telephone line' mean.
that 'AOL-HSM06' (or even just HSM06) doesnt seem to exist or indexed anywere, and all the NTL/tw references to NTL/TW/VM 'cable' and AOL are using the generic re-badged 'NTL200'
or some ADSL only CM in the case of ADSL only/Non NTL area's.
some links that might begin to clear this up perhaps?.
http://www.chetnet.co.uk/portal/foru...5266#post15266
http://www.chetnet.co.uk/portal/foru...ead.php?t=6208
but to start with as i cant find any references to the kit you posted , how about giving us
the full 'FCC ID:' code on its label so i can try and find some usable links to the generic kit at the very least...
all we need to know right now is, is the working PC to AOL modem connected with rj45,and
at the end of the day (we need to know if we are to help understand this)when its directly connected to the PC and working fully..., does this 'AOL-HSM06'
plug directly into the VM coax connector
OR does this 'AOL-HSM06'
connect directly into a rj11 master phone socket? after a DSL filter, and works fine.
http://help.aol.co.uk/dsl-cable-is-n...&c=help_portal
http://cdn.digitalcity.com/aoluk_pho...11071309990009
one final comment:
"The modem states quite clearly
it is a Cable Modem named AOL-HSM06 and, when the router is out of the picture, the AOL sign on routine states
initialising DSL modem (step 1) and it all works quite well giving an internet connection using their default browser."
the modem
cant be both
a cable modem and an DSL modem, as they dont exist, so we need to find out which it is, and we already know it works whatever it is when using a direct to PC connection.
just give that FCC ID code and we might get somewere.
also whats your given IP range when its directly connected and working, just the first bit will give us some insight, for instance the direct CM IP VM use several such as 62.*,80.*, 81.*and 82.* , ranges.