Technical Help?!

May 23, 2007 22:32

So in the last few days my DSL has just started fritzing out intermittently. No rhyme or reason, it's gone for a few minutes and then I click and it's back up again -- about fifty times a day. Rebooting the modem and router doesn't seem to make any difference. XP doesn't notify me when the connection is down, or admit that there's anything wrong ( Read more... )

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cesario May 24 2007, 02:40:41 UTC
:( I have no idea what's wrong, but I hope you get it figured out. I've missed you lately and been hoping to catch you on AIM for a chat. Not about anything in particular, just feeling the need for an infusion of Rebecca in the tea time of my soul. :-D

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countquestions May 24 2007, 03:52:03 UTC
What type of modem are you using and what router?

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superversive May 24 2007, 04:24:03 UTC
Last time I had something like that happen, it turned out the DSL modem had ramped down its speed to half nothing because of intermittently bad line conditions. Resetting the modem to factory default cleared things up - after the requisite calls to two or three different tech-support desks, of course. The electrons are in league against us, my precious, and don’t let us off until we’ve suffered enough.

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avarill May 24 2007, 05:14:29 UTC
You may need to replace your dsl modem -- same thing happened to me a while back and I was told that the modems only have a life expectancy of 2 years.

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alawston May 24 2007, 06:09:25 UTC
I have the same problem and it seems to be the ISP that's at fault in my case.

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