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Old 21-01-2008, 15:36   #2
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Re: Cable Modem Signal Level

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Originally Posted by zullz View Post
Hi all

I've just joined Virgin media 20 meg connection after painful year with AOL.

Are these signal reading right? reason I ask is I play online gaming and if I host games everybody connection who's connected to me is terrible, thought going 20 meg would be idea for gaming.

Cable Modem Downstream
Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Channel Id : 3
Downstream Frequency : 586750000 Hz
Downstream Modulation : QAM64
Downstream Symbol Rate : 6952 Ksym/sec
Downstream Interleave Depth : taps12Increment17
Downstream Receive Power Level : -8.8 dBmV
Downstream SNR : 31.5 dB

Cable Modem Upstream
Upstream Lock : Locked
Upstream Channel ID : 3
Upstream Frequency : 42800000 Hz
Upstream Modulation : QPSK
Upstream Symbol Rate : 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream transmit Power Level : 56.5 dBmV
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 2

I have already spent about £10 to there tech department trying to find fault they said it was my router (Belkin) they recommended Netgear, So I went out and paid £109 for one from PC world , hooked it all up and still same poor results.
Its ideal for playing on game servers, not hosting them.
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