Re: Cable internet connection problems

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From: Ed. (ejs_at_none.net)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:43:39 -0400

See my thread on disconnects. I posted my recent try at fixing my problem
and it seems to be working. Linksys support had me change my default IP
Address of the router from 192.168.1.1 to 10.10.10.1. They said it would
prevent conflict between the router and the modem.

So far it has been about 16 hrs and have been online all this time without a
disconnect. Usually I can be disconnected within ten minutes and up to 8
hrs.

I also downgraded my firmware from 1.46.2 dated Aug. 2004 down to 1.44.7
dated April 2002 as I saw posts on DSLreports forums that this one was more
stable. I did find before changing IP Address that with this firmware I only
got disconnected once a day as opposed to more then a dozen times a day with
the 1.46.2 dated Aug. 2004. Now with this and the IP Address change it has
been over 16 hrs so far and not disconnected. Hopefully it will continue.

Ed.

"Budget Print Center" <budget(nospam)print@1usa.net> wrote in message
news:ec9et6RtEHA.3564@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> fwiw.. i had similar problems with same router and tried all of the fixes
> at
> that sie as well as some others with a wired connection. what wound up
> being the problem was the cable connection to the house was twisted just
> enough to cause sporadic interference strong enough to make the cable
> modem
> drop the connection. not a big problem before sp2 but became major after
> the
> upgrade.
>
> new cable end fixed it and havent dropped or failed connectivity in the 2
> months since...
>
> --
> "Display tolerance & kindness to those with less
> knowledge than you because there is ALWAYS
> someone with more"
>
>
> "Peter R. Fletcher" <pfletch(at)fletchers(hyphen)uk.com> wrote in message
> news:jr25n0p23h0miv7pnkd9onmjglk0mir6q1@4ax.com...
>> I assume that the router is a NAT internet router. If one system is
>> connecting flawlessly 100% of the time and the other works most of the
>> time, but with intermittent glitches, I would suspect a hardware
>> (rather than software) problem. I would test by substitution. First
>> switch the sockets on the router that the two systems are plugged
>> into, then switch cables, then (if possible) try replacing the Network
>> Card in the problem system with a known good one. I will be surprised
>> if one of these manoeuvres does not locate or solve the problem.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 00:23:12 -0700, Weston
>> <Weston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Ok here is my problem, I have cable internet with two computers hooked
>> >up
> by
>> >a router. One computer is always connected like it should be while the
> other
>> >computer will always disconnect from the internet all of a sudden. I
>> >have
> to
>> >restart to get it connected again. They both have Windows XP home
> edition.
>> >And it has been going on even before I installed SP2. This has been
>> >going
> on
>> >for months now and nobody I know has any idea what it could be. Are
>> >there
> any
>> >programs or anything that I may have on the computer that would cause
> this or
>> >something?
>>
>>
>> Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the
> exchange.
>> Peter R. Fletcher
>
>

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