Re: getting service - but something's not right

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:01:28 -0800, "$Bill" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Ed Stevens wrote:

Cool. I never knew those additional pages were there! Where does
one find the docs on the modem?

Not sure there are any besides the LED ***:

LED Color Definition
Power Green Dark when power is Off.
Solid when power is On.
Cable Green Dark for no downstream RF carrier present or
power Off.
Flashing slowly for downstream RF carrier
present and ranging in process.
Flashing fast when registration is in
process, or if flashing fast continuously,
network access has been disabled by your cable
company.
Solid for modem registration complete and
ready to transfer data.
PC Green Dark when no carrier is present to or from PC,
or power is Off.
Solid when carrier is present to or from PC.
Data Green Dark when no data is passing through modem or
power is Off.
Flashing when data is passing through modem.
Test Amber Dark when initial modem self-test is OK, or
power is Off.
Flashing when modem self-test is in process,
or when modem is receiving software updates.
Solid when modem fails the initial self-test.

Here's what the RF Parameters page reports:

Tx Power: 42.2 dBmV
Rx Power: -4.9 dBmV
Downstream SNR: 33.0 dB
Downstream MER: 31.9 dB
Tx Frequency: 34000000 Hz
Rx Frequency: 693000000 Hz

That looks OK - what does your config page look like ? It should show
your bandwidth and version info.


No specific bandwidth stuff ...


PC Connectivity:
USB: Not Connected
Ethernet: 100 BaseT Full Duplex
USB Vendor ID: 06 cc
MAC Address: <snip>
CM Model: TJ715x

Cable Signal: Ready
Tuning: Complete
Ranging: Complete

Data Service: Ready
Connecting: Complete
Configuring: Complete
Registering: Complete

Current state: Operational
Highest State Obtained: Operational


Kind of reminds me of what a co-worker told me many years ago about
the IT shop he worked in prior to the current job. Mgmt was anal
about hearing "the system is down" -- pretty much forbade the use of
the phrase. So the programmers put a rubber chicken on a stick. If
the chicken was "up", it meant the system was up. So you could tell
the status of the system by looking at the chicken. Ever since
hearing that story, whenever I see a report (kinda like this page from
the modem!) that summarises to the point of being useless, I think
"So, the chicken is up."
.

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