Re: Reboot cable modem several times weekly?

From: Ted Zieglar (teddyz_at_notmail.com)
Date: 11/01/04


Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:23:49 -0500

A cable connection does not disconnect due to idle time.

-- 
Ted Zieglar
"markdownsouth" <markdownsouth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE65D3A0-8781-43EE-BB0A-23AF80385A41@microsoft.com...
> I was getting that with my cable modem as well but never figured out what
was
> happening. The cable service was so bad that I switched to DSL and it
> stopped. It may be related to the cable modem disconnecting from the cable
> network due to idle time. I know that the DSL modem allows you to
configure
> it to always stay connected.
>
> "Steve Marshall" wrote:
>
> > I have a (Comcast rental) Terayon TJ715 Cable Modem and several times a
> > week, I get "could not connect" applets pop up when I first boot or
> > restart my computer.
> >
> > Unplugging/plugging the power cable and the RJ45 cable for 5 seconds
> > solves the problem but why is this happening?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Steve
> >


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