For the benefit of the hair of future generations, moving the cable modem and the power point it plugs into away from the PC in question appears to have fixed the problem.
Why it wasn't a problem for the first 18 months of operation remains a mystery to this reporter. Does Debian radiate more than Red Hat? Thanks, Bret On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 00:35, Felix Sheldon wrote: > 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
