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As someone who works in for a cable mso, motorola/arris surfboard modems are great. I have the Arris SB6183 modem. it is 16x4 and works quite well. Right now most Cable MSO's only offer downstream bonding up to 16 channels at this time and it will most likely be a while before any MSO will...

How were you checking your speeds? Were you using speedtest.net, fast.com or your isp's speedtest or are you referring to the speeds reported by your wireless adapter. If you are seeing low speeds on the wireless adapter, it could be a range, or setting issue where the pc or the wireless...

Well said. It is better to have a separate modem and router. It is easier to troubleshoot and isolate potential problems and you can use better equipment for your lan such as better wireless connectivity and routing capabilities. Plus in the long run should the modem or router fail, you can...

I think most of the router manufactures expect the users to have some sore of prerequisite networking knowledge. This is especially true when it comes to routers meant for SOHO or Small Business configurations. But its good to hear you were able to get things sorted out.

Are the chip set drivers up to date? I have had that burn me in the past before. Did you install any of the Intel utilities for the rapid storage, etc. It sounds like the SSD may not be optimized to run on the laptop. That could be the cause. Another thing that could be going on is that the...

It is good that you were able to get the issue sorted out and you were able to identify the root cause.

You would be looking for Cable Certification tools such as the Flux Networks CableIQ . They are able to check to make sure the cabling is rated for the particular media. They are expensive though but if you do many network installs they are worth it.

You will need to set up a community string for your router if it supports SNMP in order for spice works to poll the equipment. The big question is what make and model router do you have?

I have used the monoprice cat6 cables and I have had no problems with them It works well and was reasonably priced at 118 dollars. I think if you are doing a house wiring, Your runs shouldn't be that long so using cat 6 should be fine. I think future proofing is a good Idea. It all depends on...

Diizzy, I aggree with you on that. If you're going to be streaming and service multiple machines on that network at the same time then you want more throughput so having a Gigabit network in the house should suffice for his needs.

I work for a local Cable Co in New York. IN most cases the connections are wired similar to that but they are near the outdoor electrical meter as the grounding wire has to be a certain length without too many bends. That is why I suggested to have the Cable Co come out and verify the install as...

If your connection is not grounded/bonded, I would recommend calling your Cable Co so that they can do that so that you know it is done according to their specific codes and local regulations.

If your coax connection is properly installed from your Cable Company, the cable line coming in from the tap should be bonded and grounded at the point of entry before it gets distributed to your cable equipment which should protect against a lightning strike. The connection should look like an...

As long as you have gigabit nic's in your servers and computers, adequate hardware such as high speed computers with drives then you should be fine using your current router with gigabit switch to achieve internal gigabit speeds.

For a small network, the design you sketched up should be fine as long as all hosts connected to the switch are gigabit. Since you said your internet connection is capped, I don't see the router with the fast ethernet connection being a bottleneck unless you are serving files outside of your...