At 10:27 AM -0700 8/23/2012, Bruce Johnson wrote:
If Verizon insists that you can only connect one computer at a time,
(which I find surprising, given that they offer wireless DSL modems
and such) find another provider.
Verizon is saying that the modem *** as-is *** and *from their point
of view* only talks to one device (computer) at a time.
Verizon doesn't know that said computer is ALSO acting as a router.
From Verizon's POV, they see only the one computer.
At 10:45 AM -0700 8/22/2012, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Aug 22, 2012, at 10:27 AM, johnr60 wrote:
Network activity on the dock shows constant movement.
Diagnostics, after long scan, took me to restart the modem, which
solved the problem for 10 min. Then I entered too complex a site and
everything reverted.
You found and temporarily fixed your problem. You have a failing modem.
As Bruce said - your problem is not your Mac set-up, it's your DSL service.
Could be the modem. Could be the copper loop (phone line). By
pushing, essentially, double the traffic thru the modem, you're
stressing the service. Could be that the modem was already having
problems and this has just pushed it over the edge. Could be that
the noise level in the phone line is just high enough that when you
overuse it, the retrains (the process whereby the modem seeks
different frequencies on which to talk, that are less prone to
static/noise) are overcoming things - and the whole service goes down
until you reset the modem.
- Dan.
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