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  • From: "Gina Norman" <gina.norman AT nortelnetworks.com>
  • To: "'internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: "Jeff Bacon (E-mail)" <bacon AT twinight.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Cable Modem Blues
  • Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:34:56 -0500

Title: RE: [internetworkers] Cable Modem Blues

So, here's what's been happening to me:  All will be well with the world and then the cable modem will up-and-drop my connection for no apparent reason.  For example, it'll be fine when I check my mail before I go to bed at night (see why I resisted the home computer for so long), then dead when I check it the next morning and *nothing* will have changed from a system perspective in the interim.

I have a hub (if I were clever I could tell you what brand name, but I can't for the life of me remember) and a Wireless Thingy (Linksys, I am almost sure).  When Jeff's over he connects his laptop to my little network, BUT the dropping doesn't only happen when he connects or disconnects (which is what TWC had suggested to me).

Any ideas?

-Gina



Gina Norman
Senior Manager, Global Web Governance
ginanorm AT nortelnetworks.com
919-905-4801 (ESN 355)
http://www.nortelnetworks.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt Schlatzer [mailto:kurt AT kurtschlatzer.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:24 PM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Cable Modem Blues
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: internetworkers-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:internetworkers-
> > admin AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Austin, Roger D.
> > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:50 PM
> > To: 'Internetworkers (E-mail)
> > Subject: [internetworkers] Cable Modem Blues
> >
> >  I know that some of you have cable modem access with TWC
> RoadRunner.
> > We have had it about a month and it doesn't seem very reliable. How
> > much uptime should we expect? It seems to go down a lot. I was
> > expecting much higher quality than dialup, but it hasn't been the
> > case. Thanks, Roger
>
> I live near North Hill Mall in Raleigh. Other than yesterday's mass
> outage and a few burps, TWC-RR has been good to me for over
> six months.
> No complaints here.
>
> Kurt Schlatzer
> www.kurtschlatzer.com
>
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