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ADSL
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Originally posted here by t2k2
I also read somewhere (don't remember the link) about people hacking their cable/dsl modems to allow for more bandwidth. I don't know anyone that has done it, but there is information out there about it. The person that "discovered" it sent the information to the vendor, and it was posted on a site somewhere. I'm not sure whether you can do much about your bandwidth issue, but I am also sure that there are others here with more experience with it. I've only had my connection for about 9 months now. I wish you the best.
About the DSL modem hacking. Your bandwith is the "speed" at which your modem can synchronize on. Most ADSL equipment is capable to synchronize on 8Mbps. Perhaps some ISP's do alter the modems they send you to lower that speed but that's not even necessary cause it all depends on the distance you are from the central (DSLAM) or an amplifier for the signal. Normal ADSL service can be used only within 4.2 Km from a telephonecentral. Why is distance that important?
Well, ADSL line providers (not the isp's) try to give every customer a reasonable speed and stability. This makes that they have to choose on what speed they make the customer modems synchronise with their Customer cards. It's perfectly possible to give some1 on 500 meters from the card a theoretical 8Mbps speed (or something like 1024Kbytes in your downloading stats) but this wouldn't be fair, cause other modems can't synchro on that signal. Therefor they use a signal were all modems can synchro on. When you are at the edge of the distance you will notice stability / speed problems, those will increase when speeds are higher. The line provider decides on what speed they can assure synchronization for all customers.
Hacking your ADSL modem for more bandwith is therefor only possible if you have let's say 384Kbps from your ISP but the synchro can be made on 1Mbps for instance. Otherwise it's impossible. You can not make your modem synchronise on a faster signal than your line provider uses.
About your connection, make sure you don't use a very long cable between your ADSL modem and your ADSL filter on the telephone outlet. The cable used for this connection (some manufacturers call it the ADSL cable) is a normal 4 wire telephone cable with RJ11 connectors, cause this cable is not twisted pair, there's more interference / signal loss, that's the reason why the short cable should be used and not a long self made one. Some people experienced problems when they used a long cable from their filter to their modem (e.g. packet loss, line latency).
