the CAT5 being used right now is the standard stuff they use for all their
installs.
Probably the cheapest CAT5 they can get since they probably use miles of it
in a month.
I remember in one place they must have run 150 feet of it for 3 different tv
box connections and 3 computer LAN network connections. it was a smallish
townhouse, but the router/modem was in the basement and they had to run LAN
cabling to all 3 levels.
took 3 hours as I remember...2 of which was used up to figure out the best
method of running cat5 from the basement to the upstairs bedrooms...they
finally got the brilliant idea to run it up the fresh air vent that used a
duct that went from the basement to the top floor...thought they would have
figured that out right away...but they drilled a bunch of holes in walls and
put in jacks before they figured this out.
I wasn't there at the time so I didn't have the opportunity to show them the
easy way first.
I guess I'll have to buy some CAT6 and see if that helps with the noise
issue.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: Wireless router
> That's what I thought but wasn't 100% sure. That should do it for you
> though, it's certainly worth a try it won't hurt.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Wireless router
>
>
>> cat6 is usually what it goes by i think.
>> or shielded cat5 perhaps.
>> me thinks cat6 though.
>> 73
>> Colin, v a6BKX
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: Wireless router
>>
>>
>>> have you tried shielded Ethernet cables between the box and router? I
>>> forget
>>> exactly what it's called but I have a run around here somewhere,
>>> haven't
>>> seen it since the move but I still have about 15 boxes I have yet to go
>>> through too and at least 3 are computer stuff. There is shielded
>>> Ethernet
>>> cable out there though if you can find it, that *should* fix your
>>> problem.
>>> I
>>> have a 12 foot run of it here somewhere but not sure where. I have Tivo
>>> hooked to my router with no problems with regular Ethernet cat5 cable.
>>> Something I had a while back though did have a similar problem and
>>> that's
>>> what I did to fix it. I don't know much about those boxes, but there's
>>> got
>>> to be a fix.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:19 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Wireless router
>>>
>>>
>>>> as far as RFI issues.
>>>> well, here's my personal situation.
>>>> I have a 2wire wireless router/modem as supplied by my internet
>>>> provider.
>>>> range is excellent, and wireless speed is exactly the same as when
>>>> connected
>>>> directly to the LAN.
>>>> however, after some investigation recently, I found that all my really
>>>> bad
>>>> noise issues on HF and VHF/UHF, in fact, pretty much any where my radio
>>>> receives, was coming from the router. I tried ferrite rings, different
>>>> electrical outlets and on and on, but the noise occurs even on HT's in
>>>> the
>>>> apartment.
>>>> After some more trouble shooting, I actually isolated the problem to my
>>>> digital PVR TV box. Disconnecting that got rid of the noise
>>>> utterly...not
>>>> a
>>>> peep of noise on HF or VHF. the noise basically sounds like carriers
>>>> on
>>>> FM
>>>> and hetrodyn on HF. So i'm not really sure if it is the router causing
>>>> the
>>>> noise when transfering data down the fairly long run of cat5 to the tv
>>>> box,
>>>> or the tv box itself. I tried ferrite rings on the tv boxes power
>>>> chord,
>>>> as
>>>> well as the network cable it uses...no luck in even quieting the radio
>>>> noise.
>>>> I've got a 20FT run of cat5 going to a computer in the radio room, and
>>>> when
>>>> I disconnect this cable from the router, the noise gets reduced a
>>>> little...unplugging the tv box gets rid of it completely. My thoughts
>>>> are
>>>> that the tv box is to blame here and is putting some crazy amount of
>>>> data
>>>> noise onto the cables and thus making the smaller run of cat5 going to
>>>> the
>>>> pc act as a radiater of sorts for the noise. Any other cables attached
>>>> to
>>>> the LAN seem to do the same thing, act as radiators.
>>>>
>>>> Really not sure what to do here.
>>>> The noise can get up to 40 over S9 on VHF, so bad in fact that I can't
>>>> monitor simplex frequencies or repeaters that don't have PL tones. On
>>>> HF,
>>>> the hetrodyn is S8 to S9. it's in different places across the bands,
>>>> so
>>>> I
>>>> can still receive signals, as long as they aren't on frequencies where
>>>> the
>>>> noise occurs.
>>>> this is digital TV, meaning that it is supplied over the internet and
>>>> distributed in the house to digital boxes on the LAN from the router.
>>>> So, I guess if you have tv boxes that you'll be connecting to the
>>>> router,
>>>> you'll have to watch out for this.
>>>> when the tv box is disconnected, the wireless doesn't seem to make any
>>>> noise
>>>> at all on HF, VHF or UHF.
>>>> i've tried moving antennas and rerouting feedlines, no luck there
>>>> either.
>>>> 73
>>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
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