On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 13:50, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > The other problem is much weirder. The desktop machine kills the cable > modem connection when it's powered up. Even when there's no ethernet > cable connecting it to the modem. > > Didn't used to. It's worked for almost 2 years on that setup, and now > it's killing it. Windows or Linux. Pulling the machine into another > room and powering it up there seems not to kill the modem, so power is > all I can think of, but that's ridiculously inconvenient in his house - > the cable goes into the computer room. Has anyone seen such behavior? >
Could be radio interference from that PC. Are all it's covers on? You could try running an extension power lead from the other room to test the theory. If the 'cable' internet is running coaxial cable, it should be fairly safe from interference, but maybe a connection is loose, or the cable modem itself is not very well shielded. -- Felix Sheldon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
