Ignite Wifi Modem, STB - Lose Cable Connections?

[jimdevonshire1]

Hello all, My first time and sorry it is to belly-ache but it is what it is. Every time I move the router or the set top box even slightly...a cable will dislodge? Sometimes it's the HDMI cable falling slightly out or an ethernet cable AND even the power cord ! Which effectively shuts down my entire home network. Is there a newer machine with proper robust interface connections ? Right now I'm preparing to "duct tape" these cables.....Sad but true.

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[Don_Ca]

I have never seen that. Ethernet cables have a clip to hold them in, unless yours are broken. HDMI do not have a clip but I have never seen one, anywhere, that would easily fall out. The power cords on the boxes are USB C and hold really well.

[jimdevonshire1]

Thanks for the reply. These cables don't completely unplug but dislodge enough to shut the units down, especially the routers' power cable and the HDMI plug on the set-top box. You're right about the ethernet cable, it does have a locking clip but I am careful around its' contact too.  I have learned to just not touch these units at all, at least during the day when they are in use for school and work. 

[Don_Ca · Accepted solution]

I just checked the power supply on my modem, it fits tight. I normally have no need to move any of the devices but I can.

Maybe take something from the old doctor joke about "it hurts when I do that?" "Then don't do that".

[jimdevonshire1]

I have adopted that method of operation now Don't fix it if it ain't broke! LOL Thanks