[ale] OT:DSL Wiring (To My Linux Box tho)

[Jeff Rose]

As far as I know it's all run properly.  I connected to the box outside,
ran the wire to the jack, and from the jack to the computer. Maybe I'll
check to see if the wire is kinked or something.

On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 15:16, Joseph A. Knapka wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> > Jeff Rose wrote:
> > > I've moved my computer to another room in the back of the house.  The
> > > room didn't have a phone jack so I installed one.  Now my speeds have
> > > dropped from ~140K to 60-70K.  I used cat3 wire and a standard modular
> > > jack.  When I reconnect to the old jack in the other room, speeds are
> > > still ~140.  It is on an older wire that is thicker.  Should I have used
> > > different wire?
> > 
> > If you're running 100mb, you should use cat5.
> 
> But he's only running 140Kb, DSL. I'd think CAT3 would be
> sufficient, if properly installed. Jeff, are you sure
> you've got everything wired properly, grounded, etc?
> (Discalimer, IANAHardwareGuy....)
> 
> -- Joe
>   "I'd rather chew my leg off than maintain Java code, which
>    sucks, 'cause I have a lot of Java code to maintain and
>    the leg surgery is starting to get expensive." - Me
> 
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