From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 1 23:37:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD51416A4CE for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 23:37:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web61304.mail.yahoo.com (web61304.mail.yahoo.com [216.155.196.147]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D2A243D66 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 23:37:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040801233743.19588.qmail@web61304.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.34.130.149] by web61304.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:37:43 PDT Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 16:37:43 -0700 (PDT) From: stheg olloydson To: questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: sylviabow@yahoo.com Subject: [OT] Re: Receiving your address on my tv X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:37:44 -0000 it was said: >questions@freebsd.org is a mailing list. Please keep >the mailing list >CCed on all replies. > >sylvia bowman wrote: > >> Thanks for answering my email. Believe me this is >not a joke. It's >> driving me crazy. My tv is hooked up to Cox Cable >in Las Vegas, NV. >> The channel I'm receiving the message on is CBS. >The address looks >> something like this: [n:][e:2000101][8A41] > >What makes you think this address has anything to do >with FreeBSD? > >> I've received other addressess also, but you are >the first ones kind >> enough to answer me. It begins with a solid black >> start up again. I've tried to tape it because >everybody else is asleep >> and no one believes me, but it won't tape. When I >play the tape back I >> just get a blurry screen. Hello, What you have there is an ingress problem. The question is what's causing it. It may be due to signal leakage in the actual cable. If so, your neighbors should see the same thing at the same time you do. Ask them. Either way, Cox needs to test the coax from your set top box all the way to the optical node. Have someone come out with a strength meter. It may be a noisy tap, and they won't find that testing from the headend. The fact you can't tape it, though, is interesting and suggests that the signal isn't coming through the cable. Perhaps someone within wireless range is doing something that they ought to be doing better, and your tuner is picking it up. That would be an FCC problem. HTH, Stheg PS. BTW, why _do_ you think "[n:][e:2000101][8A41]" is related to FreeBSD? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail