DSL Gotcha

[Net Llama!]

On 07/19/03 17:43, Kurt Wall wrote:

> Hey, list,
> 
> I learned something interesting about DSL today. I was having lots
> or intermittency problems with my DSL connection. A call to tech
> support later, and it was fixed. Immediately. The solution: make
> the RJ11 cable from the wall jack to the modem as short as possible.
> The Ethernet cable can be as long as the protocol supports, but the
> RJ11 cable needs to be very short, or the connection will be unstable.
> 
> Go figger.

Interesting.  PacBell supplied mine.

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