Neal, Thanks for the great info. I'm going to look into getting the Surfboard modem then. Any opinion on whether its better to buy or rent? Cleve
On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 08:34, Neal Stuntz wrote: > Cleve, > I work for Cox installing these things, if your looking into getting > a new modem, and live outside of the Tiger Land area, get a Surfboard > 4200, the performance is much better on the Surfboard series of modems. > Also, if you are power-cycling your modem, and still can't get online > with Linux, recompile your kernel with Sockets filtering( i think that's > what it is called ) enabled, i think it's like the 3rd option, under the > network configuration section of the latest kernel release. > > Also, for those wondering why these are better than toshiba's, the > surfboards, can work normal under worse line conditions in the system. > > neal > > > Cleve Allison wrote: > > >Brad, > >Did you have the PCX1100U before your current PCX2200? > >I lease my cable modem and I'm wondering if it is worth my trouble to > >have them come and swap it out for the latest, greatest version? > >Thanks for the info, > >Cleve > > > > > >On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 22:53, Brad Bendily wrote: > > > > > >>I actually called cox one day a few months back for this same issue. > >>I was troubleshooting my cable connection and brought my laptop from > >>work home to test with. Long story short they said the cable modem > >>does indeed keep a table of the MAC address that was last connected to > >>it. I was instructed to turn off the cable modem for about 5 minutes > >>(to be positively sure) and then turn it back on. This cleared the table. > >>Since then I've continued to do this and never had any problems. > >>I have a Toshiba PCX2200. > >> > >>-- > >>Brad Bendily - CNA > >> > >>On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Cleve Allison wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Has anyone experienced difficulty in setting up their ip address during > >>>their latest installs? > >>>I have internet service from Cox Cable and use the Toshiba PCX1100U > >>>Cable Modem. > >>>I was having a lot of problem communicating with the outside world....it > >>>would work with one install and not with the next....installations of > >>>the same distribution and across different distributions as well. Very > >>>confusing. > >>>Narrowed it down to the fact that apparently I need to cycle the cable > >>>modem when I use different machines. > >>>What I mean is this...I have two machines. > >>>One is a P200MMX and the other is an AMD Duron700. > >>>I can go from WinXP to Mandrake on my main machine....the Duron700 > >>>obviously, and everything is fine. But when I set up another > >>>distribution on the P200MMX I can't successfully connect to the outside > >>>world unless I cycle the cable modem.....and the same it true when I go > >>>back to the original machine. > >>>I guess that these cable modems work much like a switch and have a table > >>>that holds the MAC and IP information and gets confused if there are two > >>>entries with the same IP but different MACs and it has to be cycled to > >>>clean out the cached table. > >>>Just making assumptions here but it does follow the evidence. > >>>Anyone else notice this or am I just the lucky one? > >>>Cleve > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>General mailing list > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>General mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > >
