As far is I know it is. It's been the same since we got cable. Again why
didn't I think of that..  I'll do that and see if it works..

Thanks

At 01:00 PM 7/9/04 -0500, you wrote:
>IS the wan IP address static?   If so can you ping it if the cable is up?
>If it is static and you can ping it if cable is up and not ping when the
>cable is down (obvisously) then there is your check.  
>
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>Of gene Martinez
>Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 12:50 PM
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>Subject: RE: [SA-list] Cable access down then up??
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>What I found is the WAN ip address is not pingable on dial up, but does
>that help me??  Default gateway and DNS are pingable on dialup.
>
>At 12:12 PM 7/9/04 -0500, you wrote:
>>You could possibly check the default gateway.  Sometimes these are not
>>accessible from the internet.  You would need to dial out and verify.
>>Otherwise if you can ensure that your ip is released and then when you get
>>an ip again you will know it's back up.  I am think a url check on your
>>router perhaps.  
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
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>>Of gene Martinez
>>Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:07 AM
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: [SA-list] Cable access down then up??
>>
>>I have cable internet access. I now know that I can check the DNS server
>>with Salive to see it the cable is down. I have a router that has both
>>cable/dsl access and dial-up. I can use Salive to switch when the cable
>>goes down. What can I check to see if the cable is back up???  I can't
>>really use the DNS check because if this is a local cable issue, the DNS
>>will still be up and now that I have dialed to the internet I will see it
>>as good. My local cable can still be down so I don't want to switch back.
>>What can I check to see if the cable is really back up????
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Gene
>>Regards,
>>
>>Gene  
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>Regards,
>
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