re: DOCSIS 3.0 is the tits (cable modem upgrade)

i wish my roommate had cat6 run through his house last year wen he had it under contract, before the sheetrock went up

I'm a little less ignorant, but still very ignorant, (as evidenced by my posts in this thread), but I figured if I'm going to have someone run a wire through the attic to my Xbox, may as well have them do all the rooms at the same time.

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CaptainsWafer

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most routers can be used to "jump" off each other. Basically using them in series to extend wifi.

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I am running two Xbox 360's,one PS3,three cellphones,two Android Tablets and one Laptop.

I don't have any issues at all whether in the house out out in the backyard with connections using the SBG6580 on Cox

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Ok, yeah. I'm not running nearly that many devices and my house isn't "OT big". Just want something that can give me a good range. I like the idea of the all-in-ones but i've had no experience with them.

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Right now I have an old (3-5 year old) modem connected to a new router. When i first setup the internet in my new house, the signal wasn't strong enough to reach my bedroom. I had several walls and a brick wall interfering with the signal. To combat this, i moved my modem and router to a central bedroom, and i had to buy an extender and put it in the living room. I was getting decent signal. Well my sister-in law and her husband are staying with us until their house gets built. I've noticed that my internet signal has deteriorated, probably because of more devices using the signal. Right now we have my phone, my xbox, my wife's phone, her ipad, my sister in laws phone, my brother in laws phone, and his ipad.

So they are all sucking signal thus reducing signal for my internet. I recently did a test and my download speed was 25 mbps. I'm sure it is slower now.

Would buying a DOCSIS 3.0 modem increase my signal strength, or am I limited by the Cox service? Not sure what package i have for internet, but it costs me about $60/month.

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I'm sure mine does, and that's what I'm hoping for, if not, that mofo has a rage enough radius to cover the entire home (so I'm told).

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If you want good wifi signal throughout the house you can set up a second router to 'extend' your wifi signal to areas of the home with bad signal. Look into Apple's AirPort Extreme Base Station and Airport Express routers. I have this in my home, and it took me 5 mins to set up. Although, I bet you can do it with other routers too. But I already had an Extreme, so I just ended up getting the cheaper Express to go with it.

with this extender



The Netgear Universal Dual Band Wi-FI Range Extender, or WN2500RP

Your signal strength is dropping or your speed is dropping?

A docsis 3.0 would be for speed only. It doesn't put out any signal it just connects to your router which puts out the signal.

But if you're getting poor speeds and still have 3+ bars of signal strength, get a docsis 3.0 modem.

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Maybe everyone is just sucking off the same frequency and you should split them up

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Everyone is hooking up to the same name, when you search for the wi-fi connection.