And it is a sunny day here. The back porch will be more and more in the shade as the sun creeps south this time of the year. I need to get out and adjust the camera a bit.
Rob, did you end up going with U-Verse? Is their Gateway able to bridge; or, will you have to add your own personal router that is able to bridge? The camera looks like it is working great, congratulations. :-)
Rob, did you end up going with U-Verse? Is their Gateway able to bridge; or, will you have to add your own personal router that is able to bridge? The camera looks like it is working great, congratulations. :-)
With AT&T's dsl you could bridge their modem easily and your wan side port on your personal router would obtain a static IP assuming you had requested and paid for a static IP ($15/month). Not too bad since many dnynamic IP outfits charage about $19.00.
With Uverse you have to be able to achieve a similar setup but their Uverse hardware is not as easily configured. You have to use their gateway/router. I looked for a user's manual for their hardware but could not locate one. After spending a great deal of time with their tech support, being cut off without anyone returning my calls and not getting an answer, I decided to stay with my old service for the time being.
Well, here's an update of my family's U-verse installation:
We are now "off coax" for the input of the Gateway and on two pairs of phone lines. (Two ports...) Our output is still on coax because our house is too old, and doesn't have Cat5 running through it.
This has given us a total of 100 Mb of total bandwidth into the house. 45 Mb is now our internet speed package. (45 Mb max. without TV's running on HD streams.) We test out at 50.38 Mb for internet; and the rest is dedicated to TV bandwidth. If we record three HD streams and watch a fourth; then, we have an additional 2 Mb per HD stream deducted from our internet bandwidth, which drops us to 42 Mb max. for internet.
Still no word if the latest Gateway, (model NVG589), is bridgeable; however, I'm in contact with a good AT&T Tech regarding ongoing pixelation issues on all four of our TV's. When he calls me back, or stops by, I will ask him if the Gateway is bridgeable.
We still are having pixelation problems... This has been recent; but, ongoing for about two months... It's our first problem with U-verse. We've never had trouble before. We've been with them for more than five years now.
I hope they can find the problem. The fourth Tech that was out here found that it's something in the Network; NOT the signal coming from the switch to the house, nor the signal from the side of the house to the Gateway.
I've eliminated my personal router, (attached to the Gateway), a secondary router set as a switch and chained to my personal router, and I'm starting to work on our three Vonage devices to eliminate them.
We still are having pixelation problems... This has been recent; but, ongoing for about two months... It's our first problem with U-verse. We've never had trouble before. We've been with them for more than five years now.
I hope they can find the problem. The fourth Tech that was out here found that it's something in the Network; NOT the signal coming from the switch to the house, nor the signal from the side of the house to the Gateway.
I've eliminated my personal router, (attached to the Gateway), a secondary router set as a switch and chained to my personal router, and I'm starting to work on our three Vonage devices to eliminate them.
I have no clue why this is happening... :-(
TL
remember that your network is only as fast as your slowest device. I had a situation where I was watching Vudu and streaming an HD movie. All was well. Then I decided to login the the home network with an old laptop capable of b/g. The movie began to pixelate/buffer. Shutting off this laptop restored the network and the pixelation and buffering problem went away.
We still are having pixelation problems... This has been recent; but, ongoing for about two months... It's our first problem with U-verse. We've never had trouble before. We've been with them for more than five years now.
I hope they can find the problem. The fourth Tech that was out here found that it's something in the Network; NOT the signal coming from the switch to the house, nor the signal from the side of the house to the Gateway.
I've eliminated my personal router, (attached to the Gateway), a secondary router set as a switch and chained to my personal router, and I'm starting to work on our three Vonage devices to eliminate them.
I have no clue why this is happening... :-(
TL
remember that your network is only as fast as your slowest device. I had a situation where I was watching Vudu and streaming an HD movie. All was well. Then I decided to login the the home network with an old laptop capable of b/g. The movie began to pixelate/buffer. Shutting off this laptop restored the network and the pixelation and buffering problem went away.
Our oldest laptop that is a/b/g is an XP Pro 32 bit system. It's mostly retired; because it heats up quickly and shuts off. :-( It's also quite slow to boot and make use of; so, it sits in a drawer now.
My dad's laptop is for business; sometimes at night he uses it here. It is a Win 7 Home Premium x64 system. My laptop, (Win 7 H.P. x64), is seldom used since I got my new cruncher, Exeter. Exeter and my parents desktop system, (Farragut), are both wired.
We still are having pixelation problems... This has been recent; but, ongoing for about two months... It's our first problem with U-verse. We've never had trouble before. We've been with them for more than five years now.
I hope they can find the problem. The fourth Tech that was out here found that it's something in the Network; NOT the signal coming from the switch to the house, nor the signal from the side of the house to the Gateway.
I've eliminated my personal router, (attached to the Gateway), a secondary router set as a switch and chained to my personal router, and I'm starting to work on our three Vonage devices to eliminate them.
I have no clue why this is happening... :-(
TL
remember that your network is only as fast as your slowest device. I had a situation where I was watching Vudu and streaming an HD movie. All was well. Then I decided to login the the home network with an old laptop capable of b/g. The movie began to pixelate/buffer. Shutting off this laptop restored the network and the pixelation and buffering problem went away.
Our oldest laptop that is a/b/g is an XP Pro 32 bit system. It's mostly retired; because it heats up quickly and shuts off. :-( It's also quite slow to boot and make use of; so, it sits in a drawer now.
My dad's laptop is for business; sometimes at night he uses it here. It is a Win 7 Home Premium x64 system. My laptop, (Win 7 H.P. x64), is seldom used since I got my new cruncher, Exeter. Exeter and my parents desktop system, (Farragut), are both wired.
I think what he was saying is that when you see the pixelation try turning pc's off and see if it makes any difference. Anything on the network could be sucking up bandwidth and causing the problem, this would in turn eliminate ANY possibility of it being inside the home as the source of the problem. Even a neighbors baby monitor could theoretically be causing the problems, but it isn't likely.
In my own home I have a bunch of pc's in the basement and I listen to the radio when I am down there, usually the radio signal is just fine, but every once in a while I get nothing but static and then POOF it is fine again. SOMETHING is turning on and off that is near enough to cause problems with the signal. I even have a wire running from the radios antenna to the duct work, and it still happens! Without the wire I have almost no signal down there.
Thanks. And it is a sunny
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Thanks.
And it is a sunny day here. The back porch will be more and more in the shade as the sun creeps south this time of the year. I need to get out and adjust the camera a bit.
Rob, did you end up going
)
Rob, did you end up going with U-Verse? Is their Gateway able to bridge; or, will you have to add your own personal router that is able to bridge? The camera looks like it is working great, congratulations. :-)
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RE: Rob, did you end up
)
With AT&T's dsl you could bridge their modem easily and your wan side port on your personal router would obtain a static IP assuming you had requested and paid for a static IP ($15/month). Not too bad since many dnynamic IP outfits charage about $19.00.
With Uverse you have to be able to achieve a similar setup but their Uverse hardware is not as easily configured. You have to use their gateway/router. I looked for a user's manual for their hardware but could not locate one. After spending a great deal of time with their tech support, being cut off without anyone returning my calls and not getting an answer, I decided to stay with my old service for the time being.
Well, here's an update of my
)
Well, here's an update of my family's U-verse installation:
We are now "off coax" for the input of the Gateway and on two pairs of phone lines. (Two ports...) Our output is still on coax because our house is too old, and doesn't have Cat5 running through it.
This has given us a total of 100 Mb of total bandwidth into the house. 45 Mb is now our internet speed package. (45 Mb max. without TV's running on HD streams.) We test out at 50.38 Mb for internet; and the rest is dedicated to TV bandwidth. If we record three HD streams and watch a fourth; then, we have an additional 2 Mb per HD stream deducted from our internet bandwidth, which drops us to 42 Mb max. for internet.
Still no word if the latest Gateway, (model NVG589), is bridgeable; however, I'm in contact with a good AT&T Tech regarding ongoing pixelation issues on all four of our TV's. When he calls me back, or stops by, I will ask him if the Gateway is bridgeable.
TL
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...AND!!! We still are
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...AND!!!
We still are having pixelation problems... This has been recent; but, ongoing for about two months... It's our first problem with U-verse. We've never had trouble before. We've been with them for more than five years now.
I hope they can find the problem. The fourth Tech that was out here found that it's something in the Network; NOT the signal coming from the switch to the house, nor the signal from the side of the house to the Gateway.
I've eliminated my personal router, (attached to the Gateway), a secondary router set as a switch and chained to my personal router, and I'm starting to work on our three Vonage devices to eliminate them.
I have no clue why this is happening... :-(
TL
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RE: Still no word if the
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TL, if you find out anything about how to bridge the 589 please share. I would be most interested.
RE: ...AND!!! We still are
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remember that your network is only as fast as your slowest device. I had a situation where I was watching Vudu and streaming an HD movie. All was well. Then I decided to login the the home network with an old laptop capable of b/g. The movie began to pixelate/buffer. Shutting off this laptop restored the network and the pixelation and buffering problem went away.
RE: RE: Still no word
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Tech four is coming tomorrow at 9 AM - PST. I'll ask him while he's here. :-)
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RE: RE: ...AND!!! We
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Our oldest laptop that is a/b/g is an XP Pro 32 bit system. It's mostly retired; because it heats up quickly and shuts off. :-( It's also quite slow to boot and make use of; so, it sits in a drawer now.
My dad's laptop is for business; sometimes at night he uses it here. It is a Win 7 Home Premium x64 system. My laptop, (Win 7 H.P. x64), is seldom used since I got my new cruncher, Exeter. Exeter and my parents desktop system, (Farragut), are both wired.
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RE: RE: RE: ...AND!!!
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I think what he was saying is that when you see the pixelation try turning pc's off and see if it makes any difference. Anything on the network could be sucking up bandwidth and causing the problem, this would in turn eliminate ANY possibility of it being inside the home as the source of the problem. Even a neighbors baby monitor could theoretically be causing the problems, but it isn't likely.
In my own home I have a bunch of pc's in the basement and I listen to the radio when I am down there, usually the radio signal is just fine, but every once in a while I get nothing but static and then POOF it is fine again. SOMETHING is turning on and off that is near enough to cause problems with the signal. I even have a wire running from the radios antenna to the duct work, and it still happens! Without the wire I have almost no signal down there.