[TriLUG] [OT] Time Warner Cable - new modem problems

[Boggs, Ted]

The uBees are fine, but they are more sensitive to signal strength.  If the
gain is too high, they will drop the connection.

--
Ted Boggs
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Jason Sullivan <jason0x21 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp at pobox.com> wrote:
> > Here's the background.  A couple of weeks ago Time Warner told us that
> they
> > were going to be upgrading their service, and we should get a new modem.
> >  So, we took the old one back to the store and exchanged it, for no
> charge.
> >  We brought it home, and when we plugged it up correctly, it worked.
> > But only for a little while.
>
> What kind of cable modem is it?  Is it one of those wee "uBee" ones,
> or is it one of the slightly more hefty Thomson RCA DCM 425s?  The
> tech that came to install my system called the uBees "trash".
>
> uBee:
> http://www.ubeeinteractive.com/index.php/products/product-overview/docsis_2.0_modem/
>
> DCM425:
> http://www.fixya.com/support/p286148-rca_dcm425_digital_cable_modem_rcadcm425
>
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> Jason Sullivan
> jason0x21 at gmail.com
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