[Asterisk-Users] Distortion/crackling/skipping problems on outgoing calls -- please help!!!

[Brian Capouch]

Robert Geller wrote:

> 
> At this point, I'm thinking that it could be a matter of bad cabling or 
> something. The Cat5 cable that's running the 8 or so feet from my PC to 
> my router is homemade by me, and many people do report problems with 
> homemade cables. I may not have made it exactly right, or the untwisted 
> segment may be longer than 1/2", which supposedly causes distortion and 
> interference. Perhaps I ought to run out and buy a couple factory-made 
> cables to test the difference, if any, between them.
> 

I had a problem with the precise behavior you describe in your earlier 
mail.

For me, the solution came when I discovered that my Ethernet card and my 
sound card were sharing an interrupt.

I moved the Ethernet card around until it got a different IRQ, and the 
problem vanished instantly.

YMMV.

B.