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Starsha
Mar 22, 2020Aspirant
C7800 Wired Speeds Slow
So I've had my C7800 for about two years now, and have always had a wired connection to my PC. I also have Gigablast from Cox. Everything was working great and I was getting average speeds of 950 m...
plemans
Mar 22, 2020Guru - Experienced User
do you have a screen snip of your modem connections page?
isp's are great at saying its not the connection because if it is, then they have to send a tech out and it costs $. That's their default response.
Also remove any splitter, attenuators, amplifiers from the line. I'd also recommend hooking up the C7800 to right where the coax enters the home. This prevents the wiring within the home from being the issue.
Starsha
Apr 01, 2020Aspirant
Thanks for your response! Sorry I'm a little late with mine! Can you clarify a little further what you mean by modem connections page? My technical skills are moderate, at best.
I know how ISPs like to blame the equipment, I've fought that fight many many times before and it's usually a losing battle. I'll see if I can find where the coaxial enters my house and hopefully there's a power source near there to see if that works. In the meantime, please let me know what to screenshot and I'll do it ASAP. Thanks again!!
- plemansApr 02, 2020Guru - Experienced User
when you first log into the C7800, there'll be an internet icon (through the browser). click on that. It should bring you to the modem connections page. I'll attach an example.
- plemansApr 02, 2020Guru - Experienced UserBTW, get all the info on that page. Upload/download/snr/errors/etc
- StarshaApr 02, 2020Aspirant
Okay, I've attached a screenshot - I had to shrink it down to get all the info - if it's too small to see, let me know and I can split it in two.
I do have a splitter for my cable. I tried hooking that comes into my house directly into the modem and still got slow speeds. The first test came back at 850 and each test thereafter kept dropping down, the lowest being 78, then bounced back up and tested around 450 on each one after that. Which is pretty similar to what it does when it's connected to the splitter.