Re: Do DSL filters wear out?


"Chris Hill" <chill_mapsfree_000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:27:30 GMT, "CJ" <cjmartin04@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>My Verizon DSL connection has been acting very badly this past week. I've
>>tested it twice and it's running between 79-80 kbps download and 62 kbps
>>upload. The performance has been horrible from email to web browsing and
>>especially downlaods. This is at 11:30 pm ET. I also tested it on
>>Wednesday at like 7:30 pm ET and got the same results.
>>I've heard that a bad DSL filter could be the cause of my problem. I've
>>had these DSL filters for approximately a year. Do they wear out after
>>about a year of use? I've got one because my phone line connects into the
>>same outlet as my DSL modem.
>>
>>Also, in the past two years living in my building I've had people
>>physically steal my phone line and cable line from where it enters my
>>floor. They just took the whole line and plugged it into their apartment.
>>Is it technically possible somebody could have figured out how to leech
>>off my DSL? I do not have a wi-fi connection. I don't know if this means
>>anything, but the "wireless" light is lit up on my DSL modem continuously
>>now. The E1 light flickers every once in a while.
>
>
> I'd start by going into the modem's setup and making sure that the
> wireless (which it apparently has) is disabled. I'd next unplug my
> phone and plug the dsl modem in direct to the phone line and see if
> things improve.
>

Ok thanks. I'll at least do the unplugging of the phone. However, since I
have Verizon and their setup done with just their CD, I don't know where to
go to get at the modem's setup. It's a Westall 327W. I've got it connected
to my PC through an Ethernet connection. I went into control panel--Phone
and Modem Options and the modem is not displayed as existing. I also went
into System--Hardware and the modem is also not displayed as existing.
Where do I go to get into the modem's setup to disable the wireless access?
I've also tried the Verizon Online Support Center application they give you
and it does not give you an option to change modem settings, just to change
the actual type of modem to another one.


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