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fish99 · 20-07-2008, 04:43

Thanks.

I dunno if this is relevant, but when we had cable TV connected about 2-3 years ago, the engineer tested the broadband at the same time and fitted an attenuator at the back of the cable modem. At some point between then and now the service went really bad for a long time (flashing lights several times every day), and removing the attenuator seemed to fix it, but I'm wondering if maybe it should be put back (if only I could find the damn thing).

I guess if those numbers look right then it's not needed.

Pings look ok AFAICS. Trouble is with doing any sort of tests is that the issues seem very brief, once I'm disconnected I can usually rejoin straight away.

20-07-2008, 04:43	#4
fish99 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5	Re: Online gaming disconnections on VM 2MB Thanks. I dunno if this is relevant, but when we had cable TV connected about 2-3 years ago, the engineer tested the broadband at the same time and fitted an attenuator at the back of the cable modem. At some point between then and now the service went really bad for a long time (flashing lights several times every day), and removing the attenuator seemed to fix it, but I'm wondering if maybe it should be put back (if only I could find the damn thing). I guess if those numbers look right then it's not needed. Pings look ok AFAICS. Trouble is with doing any sort of tests is that the issues seem very brief, once I'm disconnected I can usually rejoin straight away.