Internet Woes (Really Technical Like Whoa)
Okay, it's about time I talked about this.
About a month ago my connection started having hiccups. It would be fine one moment, and then data stops sending and receiving itself, even though all signs point out that it's still up and running. The LEDs for the power, cable and PC are all green lighted, network connections show that it's working normally, but nothing gets through. It's like I don't have an internet connection, but I do.
A month ago I would've just reboot the router and/or the cable modem and things would run peachy until about a week or so later. Well hey, a week isn't too bad, so I kept on doing it.
Eventually I had to do it every few days, and then progressing to about once a day, to several times a day. Last night I had to reboot the router every time I wanted to access a new webpage for five minutes.
Somewhere along the way I discovered that renewing my DHCP addresses via the router control panel (It's a Linksys, just fyi) works just as well as rebooting the routers, so I resorted to that as it's a lot easier to just click a button over and over as opposed to manually plugging the power cable in and out. It seemed effective at first, but now it's like I have to click the renew button once or twice just to get a 3mb file downloaded.
I've been exercising a lot of patience over it and keep hoping that it gets resolved by itself, but I'm really fed up about the intermittent connectivity and have started tracking down the source of the problem. So far, I've eliminated the router, since I tried a direct connect between my computer and the cable modem and it was the same story all over again. The coaxial cables I took out this morning for an inspection but it looks pristine, so I don't know if it's their problem, but I'm doubtful. I'm kinda leaning on the cable modem as the real culprit, but I have no proof yet.
A little additional info: the coaxial cables and the cable modem have been around for 6-7 years already, and afaik the modem has always been powered on unless we go for vacation or an extended stay out of the house, which isn't very often. So it's been running pretty much constantly for years already. Overheating/circuit-shock/time-to-get-a-new-one? Probably.
As I'm typing this YM and MSN are still up, and I get a moment of respite. But it really sucks. I might have to call someone professional over if all my options run out.
About a month ago my connection started having hiccups. It would be fine one moment, and then data stops sending and receiving itself, even though all signs point out that it's still up and running. The LEDs for the power, cable and PC are all green lighted, network connections show that it's working normally, but nothing gets through. It's like I don't have an internet connection, but I do.
A month ago I would've just reboot the router and/or the cable modem and things would run peachy until about a week or so later. Well hey, a week isn't too bad, so I kept on doing it.
Eventually I had to do it every few days, and then progressing to about once a day, to several times a day. Last night I had to reboot the router every time I wanted to access a new webpage for five minutes.
Somewhere along the way I discovered that renewing my DHCP addresses via the router control panel (It's a Linksys, just fyi) works just as well as rebooting the routers, so I resorted to that as it's a lot easier to just click a button over and over as opposed to manually plugging the power cable in and out. It seemed effective at first, but now it's like I have to click the renew button once or twice just to get a 3mb file downloaded.
I've been exercising a lot of patience over it and keep hoping that it gets resolved by itself, but I'm really fed up about the intermittent connectivity and have started tracking down the source of the problem. So far, I've eliminated the router, since I tried a direct connect between my computer and the cable modem and it was the same story all over again. The coaxial cables I took out this morning for an inspection but it looks pristine, so I don't know if it's their problem, but I'm doubtful. I'm kinda leaning on the cable modem as the real culprit, but I have no proof yet.
A little additional info: the coaxial cables and the cable modem have been around for 6-7 years already, and afaik the modem has always been powered on unless we go for vacation or an extended stay out of the house, which isn't very often. So it's been running pretty much constantly for years already. Overheating/circuit-shock/time-to-get-a-new-one? Probably.
As I'm typing this YM and MSN are still up, and I get a moment of respite. But it really sucks. I might have to call someone professional over if all my options run out.