[Elecraft] OT: Fixing Slow Internet

[Don Wilhelm]

Ed,

I am also on DSL and have wired Ethernet throughout the house.
Due to the long run to my house and the length of phone line in the 
house (entry to security system then back to the DSL modem - over 100 
feet) the DSL/phone splitters did not work well, so the phone company 
installed a splitter at their outside box and brought a dedicate DSL 
line to the location of the modem.  That solved a LOT of problems.
So yes, a short line to the DSL modem is important.
The other situation I have is that the drop to my house from the nearest 
relay box is about 4000 feet.  It does not seem to have much effect on 
the DSL, but does sometimes my HDTV performance (which is provided by 
the same phone company).

So a short cable to the DSL modem is important - it matters little what 
you have on the modem output.

I do have an access point to provide wireless for laptops and 
smartphones and tablets, but the output of the modem, routers, switches 
is not really important IMHO, but the input to a DSL modem is important 
to consider.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/7/2016 9:15 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> Ron,
>
> Usually my rule, too.
>
> I was astonished to find that huge bundled cord, but this is in my
> wife's hobby room which is her domain.  We had changed location of the
> DSL modem and router along the way and I suppose that was an expedient
> to keep the system connected.  Janet is predisposed to rearranging
> furniture a couple times per year in her area (ham shack is hands-off
> territory; I even give her clearance when she can vacuum floors).
>