[CLUE-Tech] CLUE: DSL - PCISYS

[Randy Arabie]

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Matt Gushee wrote:

> My educated guess is that the dB figures are indeed indicating what's
> wrong. Here are yours:
> 
> > Status:
> >   Local SNR Margin:           6.5dB
> >   Local Coding Gain:          7.5dB
> >   Local Transmit Power:       11.6dB
> >   Local Attenuation:          35.5dB
> >   Remote Attenuation:         31.5dB
> 
> And here are mine:
> 
>   Status:
>     Local SNR Margin:           43.0dB
>     Local Coding Gain:          6.5dB
>     Local Transmit Power:       11.9dB
>     Local Attenuation:          20.5dB
>     Remote Attenuation:         17.5dB
> 
> I don't know how good a benchmark my figures are, but I'm about 1000 feet
> from the Central Office and, once I got through the initial setup
> nightmare, my service has always performed satisfactorily. Note the big
> difference in SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio?) Margin. I have a feeling that
> might be the most crucial number.
 
A SNR Margin of 0 would mean that Signal = Noise?

Your signal is 43dB greater than noise, while mine is only 6.5dB greater.
Correct? If so, that is not good :(

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Cheerio!

Randy