"So you were able to connect to the internet using the router alone?"
No, without the router, with the modem alone. When the ready light was staying on and not blinking. Yes, I mean the ready light on the modem. Please let us know how it works out with the new modem. I don't know if the problem is the cable service itself or the modem either. On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 08:14, Robert Citek wrote: > On Tuesday, Oct 12, 2004, at 11:53 US/Central, trisha wrote: > > I think that may be part of my problem too. Last night I was able to > > get it to work without the router, and I noticed the ready light was > > not > > flashing, as it had been. > > So you were able to connect to the internet using the router alone? > > > So do you have the problem with the ready light blinking a lot? > > I assume you mean on the modem. I only noticed it this morning. It > may be happening during the day, too, and I have no way of knowing, > especially if it automatically resets. I'm going to buy a spare modem > and super-simple wired firewall/router/NAT today just as a fall-back > solution. > > How does one test cable modems? That is, how can you differentiate an > intermittent problem with the cable modem from an intermittent problem > with the something further upstream (e.g. the cable service)? > > FWIW, I've never had these problems with ADSL from Valuenet. It worked > almost flawlessly from day one. There were only two times that I > remember having an issue. Once was with their mail server and another > was when their upstream provider lost connectivity. That peace of mind > was worth every penny I paid over the last year. Too bad they no > longer offer ADSL service. I guess it was just too much of a headache > for them. > > Regards, > - Robert > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > Help others get OpenSource. Distribute FLOSS for > Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > http://www.cwelug.org/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug > _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list http://www.cwelug.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug
