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Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> Most DSL/Cable modems have a web interface built into them where you |
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> can view status, diagnostics and most importantly logs. I think if you |
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> can google your modem model and figure out how to access this, it |
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> might provide some useful information. (Older modems might have a |
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> telnet interface rather than web) |
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I can access it with Seamonkey. I had to do that to get it to work at |
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all. The router and the modem were both trying to get 192.168.1.1 and |
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the fight was on. Same problem I ran into once before. Anyway. |
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> Is the light red normally, or is that indicative of a problem? Does |
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> the manual say what the color of the light means? |
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Before I bought the router, the light would be red if I had my puter cut |
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off for a while. The modem senses the ethernet is not hooked up and |
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logs off. As soon as I cut the puter back on, it goes green again. It |
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usually does this when the BIOS screen is up or by the time the grub |
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screen comes up. It's pretty quick on that. |
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> Has it ever happened in day-time or does it only happen at night? I |
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> wonder if the ISP does some kind of reset and the modem's not |
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> reconnecting automatically. |
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I have had it to do this during the day and night. I didn't think about |
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that before tho. They do reset about 4 or so in the morning usually on |
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Wednesday. It is so fast that even Seamonkey doesn't time out. It will |
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knock me off youtube if I am watching a video tho. I guess it looses |
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the stream. Other than that, it just appears the website is a little |
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slow for a few seconds. |
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> The opposite of the disconnect that Walt mentioned would be some kind |
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> of keepalive setting. Since you're running Folding which uses network |
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> data I don't think you should be triggering any kind of idle |
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> disconnect (unless it has a kb/sec threshold). DSL is usually |
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> advertised as "always on" so it seems weird if they would do that to |
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> you. |
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The modem is set as always on. I did that when I first got it and it |
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has not given me any trouble until the router got into the mix. I also |
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have ntp running. When it went offline last time, my clock was off 30 |
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seconds. :/ |
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> I went through 2 cable modems within a month because they kept dying |
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> in one way or another. I didn't own them so I just drove 3 miles down |
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> the street and swapped it for a new one at the local cable company |
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> office. |
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> It seems like more of the computer and electronics problems I have (or |
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> that people bring to me) are related to power supply failures than any |
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> other reason. If you have another compatible power supply, maybe you |
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> could try using it for a couple days to see if it makes any |
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> difference. |
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I don't have another P/S to test. When it is dead tho, the lights are |
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on on the router. I can even access it through the web interface. It |
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just doesn't wake up the connection to the internet. It acts like it |
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cuts off the connection between the router and the modem and just |
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doesn't reconnect when there is activity. |
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Little update. I went to town a bit ago and it was still up when I got |
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back. I also noticed that it went back to 192.168.1.1 for its address |
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too. I'm not sure why it did that but it did. Maybe it is going to |
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hang in there for a while. Time will tell. I figure since I posted the |
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question, it will fix itself. lol |
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Thanks. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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