Arris said my upstream power was too low and not too high
Cox's equipment tells your modem what upstream power to use. If the Cox equipment isn't receiving your modem signal it will tell it to use more power. Basically that info from Arris is just wrong. I think it must have been written by an intern or something. You can put an attenuator on the line to make the numbers look better but the net effect on the line will be the same. If you put a 6 dB attenuator on the line, your modem will put out 43 dBmV, but on the other side of the attenuator, there will only be 37 dBmV going back to Cox. So it has no net effect on the signal you send back to Cox.
Ill send that when Im home
Im willing to bet Ill end up buying a mobo, a new modem, a new router, a new switch new ethernet and coax, a new car, etc before we rule out my equipment.
That's why I say to rule out the RF network first. The RF network isn't always the problem, but if you start replacing other things before you rule out the RF network you could be wasting time and money.
