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["Gina Norman" <gina.norman AT nortelnetworks.com>]

Title: RE: [internetworkers] Cable Modem Blues

Yeah, I do the unplug-the-hub-and-the-cable-modem-thing-and-wave-the-cord-around-for-a-few-minutes-before-reattaching-it all the time and it doesn't help at all.  Sad sad sad.

Thanks for tips, tho!

-Gina

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sil Greene [mailto:Sil_greene AT unc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:23 PM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Cable Modem Blues
>
>
>
> On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Thomas Beckett wrote:
> > Upon the advice of one such IP monkey, I
> > have also found it to be useful to power cycle the cable
> modem if the
> > connection seems slow.  Leave it off for five minutes for
> so and then
> > turn it back on again. 
>
> Good advice.  You should try this first, before calling tech
> support.  If
> you have a network-dumb OS (eg Win 9x/ME) you may also need
> to reboot the
> workstation.
>
> --sg
>
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