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quasi · 03-11-2010, 03:28 PM

A friend of mine is renting a basement suite. He pays for internet through shaw up until today he really hasn't had any issues. He has a computer and his Xbox so today I brought him over a router because for months he's been switching the cable from computer to Xbox when he wants to do one or the other.

So I run the cable from the modem to the router and then the two from the router to the computer and Xbox. Unplug everything to reset it and nothing. I'm thinking WTF? Bad Cable? So I swap cables to the old one he's been using for months and nothing. Then I notice the online light on his shaw modem isn't on.

So I check the connections on the modem and decide I'm going to just run from the modem directly to computer not using the router just to test it. I cannot get the online light to come on...... He had a splitter from the wall that splits his coax cable one goes to the modem and other his TV. Now if we don't use the splitter and run directly from wall to modem the light comes on and internet works. We've tried 3 different splitters with the same result. We've tried 3 different coax cables with the same result.

The bizarre thing is it was totally working fine for months but now he cannot split the signal coming from the wall. I was wondering if anyone has experienced anything like this before and if they have how did they fix it?

03-11-2010, 03:28 PM	#1
quasi Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Cloverdale Posts: 11,657 Thanked 3,942 Times in 1,398 Posts Failed 83 Times in 42 Posts	Shaw Cable/Internet Problem A friend of mine is renting a basement suite. He pays for internet through shaw up until today he really hasn't had any issues. He has a computer and his Xbox so today I brought him over a router because for months he's been switching the cable from computer to Xbox when he wants to do one or the other. So I run the cable from the modem to the router and then the two from the router to the computer and Xbox. Unplug everything to reset it and nothing. I'm thinking WTF? Bad Cable? So I swap cables to the old one he's been using for months and nothing. Then I notice the online light on his shaw modem isn't on. So I check the connections on the modem and decide I'm going to just run from the modem directly to computer not using the router just to test it. I cannot get the online light to come on...... He had a splitter from the wall that splits his coax cable one goes to the modem and other his TV. Now if we don't use the splitter and run directly from wall to modem the light comes on and internet works. We've tried 3 different splitters with the same result. We've tried 3 different coax cables with the same result. The bizarre thing is it was totally working fine for months but now he cannot split the signal coming from the wall. I was wondering if anyone has experienced anything like this before and if they have how did they fix it? __________________ “The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place... and I don´t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently, if you let it. You, me or nobody, is gonna hit as hard as life. But ain't about how hard you hit... It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward... how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That´s how winning is done. Now, if you know what you worth, go out and get what you worth.” - Rocky Balboa