http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/ Cable Modem Austin Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:45:21 GMT Damian http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35489 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35489 I watch a lot of news channels, so whether it's the HD version of CNN, 1530/the regular channel 46, TXCN on 324 or FOX/MSNBC on 48/49 or even History on 61, it Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:00:17 GMT Damian http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35488 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35488 And you'd think that one of us reporting 169, would spur the techs to look for WEP. It would have SAVED SO MUCH ******** TIME YESTERDAY AND TODAY! But then Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:16:00 GMT Damian http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35487 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35487 Yeah, well, real families have much better dynamics than we do... We use the TW Ambit wireless modem/router combo. It's in my room and hooked up to my nic via Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:39:07 GMT Scott Blair http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35486 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35486 I have no experience with the USB modems. Real ones are Ethernet :) I can say that the 169.254.x.x is an Auto-IP address that is the result of it not seeing a Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:18:31 GMT Damian http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35485 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35485 Things had been working well for the past 5? days and the modem started dying again this afternoon. By the time I got it working again, numerous problems had Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:41:16 GMT Kurt Schneider http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35484 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35484 I had something similar happen. I built a new server, with serious capability: quad core, 8 GB RAM, RAID 5, dual Gig NICs, etc. It was taking 20 seconds or Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:40:58 GMT David Vanderschel http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35483 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35483 OK, if we are going off on a subject like this, I have a couple issues to ponder: I was using a DLink Wireless G router, which I replaced with a Trendnet Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:05:51 GMT Wayne Dyer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35482 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35482 ... True, but I was getting 0.5 Mb -- I would have been happy with 100Mb. :-) Could be in part the new drivers on the XP box, too. -W- Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:35:47 GMT Scott Blair http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35481 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35481 Low end consumer networking gear often doesn't perform nearly as well when you have devices on it with different speeds. It's not uncommon to have a gigabit Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:31:11 GMT Wayne Dyer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35480 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35480 This NEVER, EVER seems to fail. The MINUTE I ask a question, I go try something else and it works. The XP machine has a broadcom onboard NIC, and was set to Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:06:43 GMT Wayne Dyer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35479 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35479 I realize this isn't quite the list for this, and if you're annoyed by the subject matter, please ignore this. If you've got an idea though, I'd be glad to Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:18:52 GMT Jon Etkins http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35478 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35478 ... Surge protectors typically work by shunting the current spike through a MOV, a process which can only happen a limited number of times - sometimes only Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:58:39 GMT Dora Smith http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35477 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35477 I have a slew of surge protectors, and our modem is currently plugged into one; however, I understand that they are good until the first time they experience a Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:25:33 GMT Dora Smith http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35476 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35476 Seems to be an Ambit. I googled the model number, which someone has told me to do before. 60678EU. It is possible I got lucky. Online are numerous Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:05:06 GMT Kurt Schneider http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35475 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cable/message/35475 If it works, use it. There may be a manufacturer's name on the bottom or back of it, if you're interested. KOS