silvadel2
Posts:
4,970
Registered:
Jul 13, '09
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 4,970
User ID: 57,980
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
The internet radio stops playing, web pages dont load, and if you are in a game you get kicked out -- then a few seconds later it all comes back.
Thing is it does it at random about 5 times per day (which is VERY annoying for games) which makes it hard for me to figure out what is happening.
Is it the line, something resetting, the router, something else?
This is comcast internet but it only started happening in October -- before that the net was solid.
-----signature-----
Lost postcount 17k; Lost years 9.6; Lost Title: Priceless
The most expensive things in life are free
Asheron's Call 3 // Horizons 2 -- Dragons of Dereth (one can always hope)
1920x1200 is a Monitor. 1920x1080 is a TV without a tuner.
|
|
Link to this post
|
ikkoikki
Posts:
13,961
Registered:
Feb 8, '09
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 13,960
User ID: 1,347,614
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
could be a million things, have the comcast guy come over and test the signal strength. Could be poor wiring in an old house. Could be a faulty modem.
-----signature-----
Chicago Bulls: 43-13
post game gem from Joakim Noah: "We cannot play with our heads down and have a poo poo face. Sometimes we have a poo poo face."
|
|
Link to this post
|
the_great_intex
Title: This is what cool looks like
Posts:
30,622
Registered:
Jun 27, '02
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 27,363
User ID: 692,453
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
When it goes down for 6-12 seconds you could try running a trace route and seeing if it is able, or is having high ping, going to the router. If it is then it is the router but if your LAN is still fast then it is a cable modem/line going to house
-----signature-----
Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity
The only thing in life achieved without effort is failure
Time Circuits... On. Flux Capacitor.... fluxxing.
|
|
Link to this post
|
GrimTempest
Title: Board Manager
Anime Aikousha
Posts:
37,523
Registered:
Dec 21, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 36,478
User ID: 567,005
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
have you completely power cycled the modem/router since it started? unplug them both for a good 30 seconds or more.
if that doesn't work my next thing to try would be bypassing the router if you have one to see if thats the problem. if it still happens i'd make comcast swap out the modem and see if a different modem fixes it. if it still does it i'd have to assume its likely something on comcasts end. more often than not something like this is the modem or router though.
-----signature-----
MyAnimeList - http://myanimelist.net/profile/Grimtempest - Chaotic Neutral - El Psy Congroo
|
|
Link to this post
|
silvadel2
Posts:
4,970
Registered:
Jul 13, '09
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 4,970
User ID: 57,980
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
ikkoikki posted:
could be a million things, have the comcast guy come over and test the signal strength. Could be poor wiring in an old house. Could be a faulty modem.
Note it was solid for years.
And yes I have cycled both. I havent tried running it without the router for a long period (that would mean single-tasking the net which would be a pain -- plus that changes your net address and could make them think you are a hacker or something in a game and ban your account)
-----signature-----
Lost postcount 17k; Lost years 9.6; Lost Title: Priceless
The most expensive things in life are free
Asheron's Call 3 // Horizons 2 -- Dragons of Dereth (one can always hope)
1920x1200 is a Monitor. 1920x1080 is a TV without a tuner.
|
|
Link to this post
|
Jyiiga
Title: The MMO Snob
Posts:
8,094
Registered:
Mar 15, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 7,966
User ID: 74,827
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
I had a very similar problem on my DSL less than a month ago. I beat my head against the wall checking everything on my end for around a week. The tech comes out and tests the line from their box across the street. Turns out the line had a short in it somewhere. They put me on another line and it has been flawless since.
-Edit-
Mine had also been solid for years.
-----signature-----
What ads? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/
|
|
Link to this post
|
ikkoikki
Posts:
13,961
Registered:
Feb 8, '09
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 13,960
User ID: 1,347,614
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
if you've had the modem for a while it could be that, those things tend to break down rather often. I'm not sure but I think Comcast started charging people for new modems. I'm a Uverse customer now but when I was with comcast they would send you a new modem for free if your old one went bad.
obviously try cycling the power on the modem first and see if that helps, do all the obvious things first.
-----signature-----
Chicago Bulls: 43-13
post game gem from Joakim Noah: "We cannot play with our heads down and have a poo poo face. Sometimes we have a poo poo face."
|
|
Link to this post
|
silvadel2
Posts:
4,970
Registered:
Jul 13, '09
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 4,970
User ID: 57,980
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Yes it did start around the same time as that october snowstorm that took out cable for a full week.
Oh one other thing while I mention it -- sometimes like JUST NOW -- it will do it twice separated by a small number of minutes.
-----signature-----
Lost postcount 17k; Lost years 9.6; Lost Title: Priceless
The most expensive things in life are free
Asheron's Call 3 // Horizons 2 -- Dragons of Dereth (one can always hope)
1920x1200 is a Monitor. 1920x1080 is a TV without a tuner.
|
|
Link to this post
|
FineYoungCannibals
Title: Top of the food chain
Posts:
74,939
Registered:
Jul 14, '03
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 73,108
User ID: 822,330
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
upgrade your 2400 baud modem
-----signature-----
 FYC
|
|
Link to this post
|
Malrothien
Posts:
32,930
Registered:
Aug 4, '02
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 31,620
User ID: 703,438
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
We had issues like this at my grandmother's house. It ended up being the connections to the house right outside.
-----signature-----
In the darkest hole, you'd be well advised Not to plan my funeral before the body dies  
|
|
Link to this post
|
Surge_MT
Posts:
5,392
Registered:
May 9, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 5,351
User ID: 95,346
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
FineYoungCannibals posted:
upgrade your 2400 baud modem
Make sure your phone is seated properly in the acoustic coupler:
-----signature-----
The scripts/links below don't work anymore...I should really change my signature: Skill Calculator: http://www.strikefast.net/skillcalc/ Salvage Calculator: http://www.strikefast.net/tinkering/salvaging/ *** 09-11-01
|
|
Link to this post
|
notmforce2k
Posts:
96,434
Registered:
Oct 9, '11
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 2,235
User ID: 1,430,866
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Could be a lot of things. Our connection with UVerse was dropping about every hour at the end of summer. They sent a tech out and the line outside (from the pole to our house) was hanging VERY low and had snagged on something. They tightened it up and/or ran a new one and it has been perfect since.
Good luck!
-----signature-----
(none)
|
|
Link to this post
|
Gilligan.USCG
Title: Stuck on the Island
Posts:
35,516
Registered:
Sep 19, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 34,754
User ID: 404,098
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
Mine does something similar randomly throughout the day. I believe it's a DNS issue, though. Sites I'm currently on and connections I have open still work, but if I try to load a new site or a new connection of some sort (game/streaming/etc), it won't load. Then randomly about 20 seconds later it will work.
-----signature-----
www.ice9gaming.com - cs / tf2 / bf2
<3 Oregon State - CWS Winnars x2
|
|
Link to this post
|
HeartView
Title: Be right back...
Posts:
39,286
Registered:
Dec 20, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 38,575
User ID: 561,961
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Surge_MT posted:
FineYoungCannibals posted:
upgrade your 2400 baud modem
Make sure your phone is seated properly in the acoustic coupler:
Could you even get 2400 baud with those things? I thought the upper limit was 300 baud?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler
-----signature-----
"My brothers and sisters all hated me because I was an only child." http://www.indiefl.com/acf/profile/86 PM me for the password to my Photobucket: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v455/HeartView/
|
|
Link to this post
|
Sith_Mauler
Posts:
24,642
Registered:
Dec 21, '02
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 24,438
User ID: 750,977
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
with cable its more and likely a bad line some place even a corroded connection can cause cable internet to have issues.
i had a similar issue with att dsl, turns out they had to rebuild me a new routing profile or something.
-----signature-----
Well I ain't first class
But I ain't white trash
I'm wild and a little crazy too
I have seen a lot of things in my life time.
That is why I walk the line I walk.
|
|
Link to this post
|
Surge_MT
Posts:
5,392
Registered:
May 9, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 5,351
User ID: 95,346
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
HeartView posted:
Could you even get 2400 baud with those things? I thought the upper limit was 300 baud?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler
True, but I didn't feel the joke needed that level of detail. I had personal experience with the ones capable of 110-150 baud. I worked for a company that re-manufactured Teletype equipment, and also had a sister company that provided consumer credit reporting terminals. The high-speed paper tape punch machines couldn't print much faster than 110 baud, so there was no need for a coupler faster than that. We used to sell paper tape punch machines as late as the early 1990's, mostly to the government for cryptographic use, since in the event of an EMP during a nuclear war, you could recover the coded keys from punch tape using a hand-cranked mechanical reader. We would also sell tuning forks used to calibrate the speed of the puncher/reader machines.
-----signature-----
The scripts/links below don't work anymore...I should really change my signature: Skill Calculator: http://www.strikefast.net/skillcalc/ Salvage Calculator: http://www.strikefast.net/tinkering/salvaging/ *** 09-11-01
|
|
Link to this post
|
Sith_Mauler
Posts:
24,642
Registered:
Dec 21, '02
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 24,438
User ID: 750,977
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Surge_MT posted:
HeartView posted:
Could you even get 2400 baud with those things? I thought the upper limit was 300 baud?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler
True, but I didn't feel the joke needed that level of detail. I had personal experience with the ones capable of 110-150 baud. I worked for a company that re-manufactured Teletype equipment, and also had a sister company that provided consumer credit reporting terminals. The high-speed paper tape punch machines couldn't print much faster than 110 baud, so there was no need for a coupler faster than that. We used to sell paper tape punch machines as late as the early 1990's, mostly to the government for cryptographic use, since in the event of an EMP during a nuclear war, you could recover the coded keys from punch tape using a hand-cranked mechanical reader. We would also sell tuning forks used to calibrate the speed of the puncher/reader machines.
navy was still using paper tape codes on some of the old legacy crypto gear when I was active duty.
-----signature-----
Well I ain't first class
But I ain't white trash
I'm wild and a little crazy too
I have seen a lot of things in my life time.
That is why I walk the line I walk.
|
|
Link to this post
|
HeartView
Title: Be right back...
Posts:
39,286
Registered:
Dec 20, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 38,575
User ID: 561,961
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Surge_MT posted:
HeartView posted:
Could you even get 2400 baud with those things? I thought the upper limit was 300 baud?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler
True, but I didn't feel the joke needed that level of detail. I had personal experience with the ones capable of 110-150 baud. I worked for a company that re-manufactured Teletype equipment, and also had a sister company that provided consumer credit reporting terminals. The high-speed paper tape punch machines couldn't print much faster than 110 baud, so there was no need for a coupler faster than that. We used to sell paper tape punch machines as late as the early 1990's, mostly to the government for cryptographic use, since in the event of an EMP during a nuclear war, you could recover the coded keys from punch tape using a hand-cranked mechanical reader. We would also sell tuning forks used to calibrate the speed of the puncher/reader machines.
Wasn't trying to rain on your parade. 
I remembered my (very limited) experience with one of those couplers and it was back in my C64 (pre-300 baud) days. I think my older brother got his hands on one and we tried it out. He purchased a cartridge based 300 baud one after that and it was a much better experience, though it still felt slow back then.
-----signature-----
"My brothers and sisters all hated me because I was an only child." http://www.indiefl.com/acf/profile/86 PM me for the password to my Photobucket: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v455/HeartView/
|
|
Link to this post
|
Aerlinthian
Posts:
66,222
Registered:
May 7, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 65,491
User ID: 94,919
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
silvadel2 posted:
I havent tried running it without the router for a long period (that would mean single-tasking the net which would be a pain -- plus that changes your net address and could make them think you are a hacker or something in a game and ban your account)
Where did you get those ideas from?  
-----signature-----
(none)
|
|
Link to this post
|
LadyImp
Posts:
10
Registered:
Oct 11, '05
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 10
User ID: 1,084,260
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
a lot of cable companies are upgrading their systems to Docsis 3.0. which is faster than the D2. but a lot of older modems can't handle the Docsis 3.0 system and will reboot after a time, then come back up.
I started having this issue a few months back and did some Google fu to find this out. Went to the internet and found a D3 modem and then I stopped having issues.
-----signature-----
(none)
|
|
Link to this post
|
silvadel2
Posts:
4,970
Registered:
Jul 13, '09
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 4,970
User ID: 57,980
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Aerlinthian posted:
silvadel2 posted:
I havent tried running it without the router for a long period (that would mean single-tasking the net which would be a pain -- plus that changes your net address and could make them think you are a hacker or something in a game and ban your account)
Where did you get those ideas from?
There are some games where that nets a ban. In the case of vindictus it merely means you can't access the marketplace for a while etc.
Personally I think it should generate an e-mail to the e-mail registered to the account with a "you changed IP -- is this you?" Y/N auto-email with auto-response.
-----signature-----
Lost postcount 17k; Lost years 9.6; Lost Title: Priceless
The most expensive things in life are free
Asheron's Call 3 // Horizons 2 -- Dragons of Dereth (one can always hope)
1920x1200 is a Monitor. 1920x1080 is a TV without a tuner.
|
|
Link to this post
|
tsingtao2
Posts:
15,770
Registered:
Oct 10, '00
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 15,298
User ID: 48,832
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
didnt read all the replies....
I had similar issues when comcast upgraded local area to docsis 3.0. Once they put in new modem that was docsis 3.0 compatable, issues stopped.
-----signature-----
May the bridges I burn light my way
Isolated in defiance, I will remain
May the bridges I burn light my way
I will never comply, I'll forever defy
|
|
Link to this post
|
silvadel2
Posts:
4,970
Registered:
Jul 13, '09
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 4,970
User ID: 57,980
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
And yes it does look like docsis 3.0 is probably the culprit. Maybe with about 8 hours of work and a month of wait comcast will upgrade my modem. They have the worst customer service on the planet.
They have a service place 15 minutes from here -- but we arent considered in the area of that service place and they wont help us with anything -- the one they send us to is a 2 hour drive in solid traffic into a nasty city area.
-----signature-----
Lost postcount 17k; Lost years 9.6; Lost Title: Priceless
The most expensive things in life are free
Asheron's Call 3 // Horizons 2 -- Dragons of Dereth (one can always hope)
1920x1200 is a Monitor. 1920x1080 is a TV without a tuner.
|
|
Link to this post
|
myxomatosis8
Title: amateur zookeeper
Posts:
18,778
Registered:
Jul 14, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 18,441
User ID: 251,097
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
Happened to me last year, in the end it was the router/modem going FZZT.
-----signature-----
If you're flammable and have legs, you're never blocking a fire exit.
|
|
Link to this post
|
Caoilin
Title: Instigator
Posts:
56,728
Registered:
Nov 20, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 54,027
User ID: 513,313
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
silvadel2 posted:
ikkoikki posted:
could be a million things, have the comcast guy come over and test the signal strength. Could be poor wiring in an old house. Could be a faulty modem.
Note it was solid for years.
And yes I have cycled both. I havent tried running it without the router for a long period (that would mean single-tasking the net which would be a pain -- plus that changes your net address and could make them think you are a hacker or something in a game and ban your account)
 omfg. that's hilarious.
-----signature-----
"Cao is really an asexual cricket from outer space" - Bernion
"I just wish you had man bits" - ShalisR
"i'll be your dirty ignorant redneck if you will be my drugged out cripple bitch" - shaggynuts24
"again, I'm stupid" - Brandun
|
|
Link to this post
|
Arc_DT
Title: Mithan said I am smart
Posts:
11,647
Registered:
May 28, '02
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 11,518
User ID: 683,353
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
silvadel2 posted:
plus that changes your net address and could make them think you are a hacker or something in a game and ban your account
There's many good security reason to not bypass your router, but there's not a single thing in this statement that isn't wrong. You IP is assigned by your ISP, it could but probably won't change when you do this, and no game is going to assume you're a l33t hax0r because your IP address changed slightly as nearly everyone on the planet is on a dynamic IP address.
Cables that aren't getting moved around all the time rarely go bad, but splitters do. A cable splitter is your most likely culprit inside the house, but your problem is definitely most likely to be coming from outside. Maybe not all the way down at Comcast's facility, but from your house to the local junction is very likely to have the problem.
-----signature-----
"... We just need a president to sign this stuff... Pick a Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president."
-Grover Norquist
.
MICHIGAN - Where the trees are the right height!
|
|
Link to this post
|
-Foxy-
Title: Moderator
Ãœber Brat
Posts:
110,094
Registered:
May 29, '02
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 107,357
User ID: 683,944
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
that would be totally annoying silvadel. hope someone can help you get it fixed up soon. 
-----signature-----
Long suffering vassal to Xarkath, U.P. - Forever and ever
|
|
Link to this post
|
MajorUnknown
Title: Moderator
Keeper of Pwn Caek
Posts:
6,453
Registered:
Sep 18, '00
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 6,325
User ID: 44,782
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
silvadel2 posted:
And yes it does look like docsis 3.0 is probably the culprit. Maybe with about 8 hours of work and a month of wait comcast will upgrade my modem. They have the worst customer service on the planet.
They have a service place 15 minutes from here -- but we arent considered in the area of that service place and they wont help us with anything -- the one they send us to is a 2 hour drive in solid traffic into a nasty city area.
So if the service place you live near is a service center *YOU* can walk in to and deal with a rep face to face, I am pretty sure you could take your leased modem in and ask for a new one... That's what I did when my "new" modem stopped working... Went into the local service place and said "this one sucks, gimme another please".. OK one moment..
Try that if it is an option..
-----signature-----
I bake Pwn Caek. k?
Majorunknown | Kang fo - AC//MT
Exotik | Barney Gumble - AC//DT
Bungaloo - 70 Warlock | Animorphz - 80 Druid
SPINEBREAKER / NER'ZHUL
|
|
Link to this post
|
silvadel2
Posts:
4,970
Registered:
Jul 13, '09
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 4,970
User ID: 57,980
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Hahahaha comcast -- they actually gave me the DMV obnoxious public unservant sneering dismissal when I went to "the wrong place" last time. That was to try to upgrade a DVR. There is no way they will do anything for me over there... They so much as said they had what I wanted but wouldnt give it to me because I wasnt in the proper zone.
As it stands I just sent them an email. If that fails I am not going to be the one talking to them again via phone. It will be my mother -- and they will wish they had just answered my email or dealt with me over the phone at that point
-----signature-----
Lost postcount 17k; Lost years 9.6; Lost Title: Priceless
The most expensive things in life are free
Asheron's Call 3 // Horizons 2 -- Dragons of Dereth (one can always hope)
1920x1200 is a Monitor. 1920x1080 is a TV without a tuner.
|
|
Link to this post
|
Jennifer_the_Great
Title: Shrimp Farmer
Posts:
35,926
Registered:
May 6, '02
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 35,628
User ID: 676,008
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
Both times we've had that problem it's been the modem. We've burned through two of them in six years.
-----signature-----
Morality isn't a 'persona', it's a way of life. Either you have it, or you don't. - Fraxcat
Stupefied. 10/11/84 - 12/25/04 Jaclyn. 09/18/86 - 04/01/07
|
|
Link to this post
|
timtheswordsman
Posts:
14,812
Registered:
Mar 1, '02
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 14,453
User ID: 652,472
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
This thread is tl;dr, but in case you haven't gotten a conclusion; do you happen to live in an apartment? I had the same thing happen to me, and it was because of the signal being split within the apartment building. So I would routinely call the Comcast guy, he'd come over and connect my wire to a higher strength signal, and I'd be fine. Then, eventually, someone else would do the same and I'd get booted to a lower connection and the cycle would start over. I eventually fixed this by switching to U-verse.
-----signature-----
(none)
|
|
Link to this post
|
Ah-Schoo
Title: Fuzzy Caterpillar of Friendliness
Posts:
71,317
Registered:
Aug 11, '00
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 68,974
User ID: 39,247
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Aerlinthian posted:
silvadel2 posted:
I havent tried running it without the router for a long period (that would mean single-tasking the net which would be a pain -- plus that changes your net address and could make them think you are a hacker or something in a game and ban your account)
Where did you get those ideas from?
Buried in the Tower 7 rubble.
-----signature-----
.
Opinion = fact. Anecdote = proof. Political label more important than either of those.
Welcome to ACF, where debate goes to die.
.
"fascist totalitarian secular progressive Zionist intellectually challenged Christian puppets." - Aerlinthina
|
|
Link to this post
|
-Kruugar-
Posts:
9,128
Registered:
Mar 4, '05
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 8,778
User ID: 1,033,113
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
I have a similar problem.
I don't think my DSL filters are working problem because it seems to be randomly associated with incoming calls only...
Outgoing is fine, most incoming are fine, my dad always knocks it out.
-----signature-----
Ideology is not reality.
To make good policy, one must consider all ideologies and decide which best solves the reality of the situation. Ideology is afterall, JUST AN IDEA.
|
|
Link to this post
|
Fozzie_Bear
Posts:
48,479
Registered:
Dec 20, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 47,515
User ID: 558,887
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
silvadel2 posted:
And yes it does look like docsis 3.0 is probably the culprit. Maybe with about 8 hours of work and a month of wait comcast will upgrade my modem. They have the worst customer service on the planet.
They have a service place 15 minutes from here -- but we arent considered in the area of that service place and they wont help us with anything -- the one they send us to is a 2 hour drive in solid traffic into a nasty city area.
you want the modem so bad then quitcherbitchin and go buy your own FFS. they DO sell them retail and you will save on your monthly bill for not having the equipment fee.
here I'll even hook you up with some stats.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16825122009&Tpk=sb6120
Frankly swapping the modem with one you get from the service center is prolly the way I would go even if there was a drive simply because you have absolutely NO idea if you are fixing a damn thing.
what model do you currently have? if its DOCSIS 1.1 compliant then I cant see how it would fix a thing and even if it ISN'T I still doubt its the reason its doing what its doing. I have dealt with lots of customers using DOCSIS 1.0 compliant modems (which are actually end of life at this point) that are working just fine.
EDIT: even if it IS a pain I would go cable direct to the modem and leave a continuous ping going to comcast.com (the reason I specify THAT website is that its on the Comcast network) for a few hours then ctrl-c and see if you dropped any traffic.
-----signature-----
The Oatmeal Butterscotch paired with a Snickerdoodle
turned my cynical penis into a happy vagina
Then after an Oatmeal Cranberry and Double Chocolate,
it made my new vagina spontaneously sing the Trolololo Song in an elevator.
---AkagiyamaMissile
|
|
Link to this post
|
BritonGuy
Title: Serious Business
Posts:
45,939
Registered:
Mar 4, '04
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 45,256
User ID: 901,272
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Arc_DT posted:
silvadel2 posted:
plus that changes your net address and could make them think you are a hacker or something in a game and ban your account
There's many good security reason to not bypass your router, but there's not a single thing in this statement that isn't wrong. You IP is assigned by your ISP, it could but probably won't change when you do this, and no game is going to assume you're a l33t hax0r because your IP address changed slightly as nearly everyone on the planet is on a dynamic IP address.
Cables that aren't getting moved around all the time rarely go bad, but splitters do. A cable splitter is your most likely culprit inside the house, but your problem is definitely most likely to be coming from outside. Maybe not all the way down at Comcast's facility, but from your house to the local junction is very likely to have the problem.
Actually Comcast often gives a new IP if the MAC changes.
-----signature-----
Briton Guy...persnickety...NEVER! -Murron (truly) Hawkson is the greatest. -Hawkson Britonguy is usually right. -Onslaught on BT “Do or do not... there is no try.†- Yodazami Do you expect me to remember what I put in my mouth? -NSMachi
|
|
Link to this post
|
Fozzie_Bear
Posts:
48,479
Registered:
Dec 20, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 47,515
User ID: 558,887
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
if you want a new IP all you gotta do us unscrew the cable wire from the back of your cable modem and leave it off for like 5 solid minutes. the DHCP lease will expire and when your device comes back onto the cable network the provisioning system will hand it a new IP.
-----signature-----
The Oatmeal Butterscotch paired with a Snickerdoodle
turned my cynical penis into a happy vagina
Then after an Oatmeal Cranberry and Double Chocolate,
it made my new vagina spontaneously sing the Trolololo Song in an elevator.
---AkagiyamaMissile
|
|
Link to this post
|
the_tessa
Title: I can touch my toes!
Posts:
22,813
Registered:
Mar 24, '03
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 22,478
User ID: 782,432
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
Now's the time to tell him about your one-month limit
-----signature-----
Elitist  01-02-06 ___________________________ http://rivergrows.blogspot.com/
|
|
Link to this post
|
Fozzie_Bear
Posts:
48,479
Registered:
Dec 20, '01
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 47,515
User ID: 558,887
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
it aint that.
if you crest the 250 gig per month for a few months in a row, you get some hate mail from the service assurance (read abuse) department.
-----signature-----
The Oatmeal Butterscotch paired with a Snickerdoodle
turned my cynical penis into a happy vagina
Then after an Oatmeal Cranberry and Double Chocolate,
it made my new vagina spontaneously sing the Trolololo Song in an elevator.
---AkagiyamaMissile
|
|
Link to this post
|
Arc_DT
Title: Mithan said I am smart
Posts:
11,647
Registered:
May 28, '02
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 11,518
User ID: 683,353
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
BritonGuy posted:
Actually Comcast often gives a new IP if the MAC changes.
The MAC they usually see is the modem, and if they do sniff the next device downstream, then you probably had to clone your computer's MAC into the router anyhow. Still, actually getting a new IP is certainly not a problem -- it rarely if ever changes on its own, but the IP is only leased for two weeks at a time.
Dialup users (ah, ancient times) would get a new IP every time they called.
-----signature-----
"... We just need a president to sign this stuff... Pick a Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president."
-Grover Norquist
.
MICHIGAN - Where the trees are the right height!
|
|
Link to this post
|
Arc_DT
Title: Mithan said I am smart
Posts:
11,647
Registered:
May 28, '02
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 11,518
User ID: 683,353
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Fozzie_Bear posted:
if you want a new IP all you gotta do us unscrew the cable wire from the back of your cable modem and leave it off for like 5 solid minutes. the DHCP lease will expire and when your device comes back onto the cable network the provisioning system will hand it a new IP.
Mine stays solid for years at a time, even if I do this or specifically request a new IP lease. It just gets handed the same number.
-----signature-----
"... We just need a president to sign this stuff... Pick a Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president."
-Grover Norquist
.
MICHIGAN - Where the trees are the right height!
|
|
Link to this post
|
-Mithan-
Title: VNBoard Admin
Posts:
1,000,060,379
Registered:
Mar 1, '00
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 56,880
User ID: 13,156
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
|
If its DSL, could be a crappy connection that runs a lot of errors and eventually craps out. Could also be an overloaded dslam/isam or whatever type of equipment your ISP uses. Either of these will cause total connection loss for a few seconds.
-----signature-----
I survived to the end and got nothing out of it, but hey.
|
|
Link to this post
|
BritonGuy
Title: Serious Business
Posts:
45,939
Registered:
Mar 4, '04
Extended Info (if available)
Real Post Cnt: 45,256
User ID: 901,272
|
Subject:
Any way to nail down what it is doing (about 5 times per day internet goes for 6-12 seconds)
|
Arc_DT posted:
BritonGuy posted:
Actually Comcast often gives a new IP if the MAC changes.
The MAC they usually see is the modem, and if they do sniff the next device downstream, then you probably had to clone your computer's MAC into the router anyhow. Still, actually getting a new IP is certainly not a problem -- it rarely if ever changes on its own, but the IP is only leased for two weeks at a time.
Dialup users (ah, ancient times) would get a new IP every time they called.
They see the router/computer, and the router MAC should work often enough. You can usually get a new IP simply by changing your MAC address.
-----signature-----
Briton Guy...persnickety...NEVER! -Murron (truly) Hawkson is the greatest. -Hawkson Britonguy is usually right. -Onslaught on BT “Do or do not... there is no try.†- Yodazami Do you expect me to remember what I put in my mouth? -NSMachi
|
|
Link to this post
|
