After some online reading I figured out how to wire the phone jack and you can see. I wired everything in the basement somewhat cleanly- the coaxial cable on the left, the telephone line from upstairs to the jack in the ceiling, etc. You can see the Vonage adapter and cable modem.

Nothing really to discuss, just taking a picture of my hard work

 

umm...yay? :hsdunno:

 

yay for hard work.

 

It was rather satisfying to not pay someone to wire the telephone.

 

Not too shabby, it looks like your Cable Drop coming in is RG-59 cable however. I would get Comcast to replace that with RG-6. Definitely lose that groundblock you have the drop going into before the 2way splitter. It's pointless if you have a splitter right beside it. Just remove the ground wire from it and there is a screw on the splitter to mount the ground wire. Then just take the input of the ground block and go directly into the splitter, eliminating the in and out loss of the barrell of that ground block.

Other than that, :goodjob:

 

Thanks, I'll go do that. This house is equipped with Comcast Digital Cable with HDTV as well - if that matters.


Oh and what's the different between RG-59 and RG-6?

 

Sweet. RG-6 isn't necessary but I would really recommend it. Most houses built in the late 80's to present were wired with RG-6. It's a thicker grade cable that holds signal strength better than RG-59. I forget the exact equations but for example for every 100ft of RG-59, you may lose like 6db. With RG-6 at 100 ft, you may only lose 3db. Less loss equals less noise in the lines, which means better picture quality on your TV's, and less packet loss through your modem.

Again it's not necessary to change it out, but I know my company is required to change it out if they see it on a "drop". A drop is basically the line that runs from your pole or cable box to the side of your house. In your case, the ground wire was inside the basement and normally that means the cable is going straight from your pole or cable box, directly into the basement. Newer homes have an ground block box on the side of the house closest to power.

 

Our cable box is by the transformer on the other side of our driveway. If Comcast were to replace it, would they have to dig up the front yard? Oh, and is the cable marked with what kind of coaxial it is?

 

go to http://192.168.100.1 ... and check your power/signal levels.... specfically your recieve signal strength.

 

At first glance I thought I was looking at the floor. Then I went :loco: