POE for my Clear home modem (first instructable so bear with me)

Wife decided to give clear a try since our dsl was dog slow and cable was wickedly high (in cost)... 

We received the modems (usb and house), the house one is easy as pie to set up, the down side is finding that sweet spot for reception.

Guys i ran all over the house with the laptop and that house modem, couldn't get ANYTHING above 2 bars.

hmmmmm

So, with it set in the window of the bedroom up against the glass, we get an average of 3 to 5 bars depending on the weather (i kid you not), this is where it goes when i hear complaints about hulu under buffering.

Step 1 Parts

The Idea is (was) "babe, i'm going to run over to fry's and pick up some stuff" (i can hear her logging into the joint account to watch the spending as i leave.)

The parts that are needed is.....
1) a Pelican box big enough for the modem itself (it was pretty cheap)
2) a gooooooood amount of Cat5 cable (i stopped at 50ft)
3) a female and male power socket that matches both the modem and the wall wart
4) a Telco baseboard jack for network drops
5) Soldering iron, solder, flux, and solder wick if your messy

Comments

[civicturbo]

I did something similar but mounted it on a 10 ft. pole secured to my roof. slowly turned around and around to try to max the signal.

[njedmonds]

What kind of modem can you use? Does it have to be a cable modem or can it work with a DSL moden as well?