[wplug] Comcast cable modem woes

[Phil Groschwitz]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:53:31 -0400
"Aaron M." <pennstater at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've had this happen to me from time to time, and I have a similar
> setup to yours (Linux router/firewall running Gentoo). Once in a
> while I'll lose all connectivity for about a minute, and then
> everything is fine again. During the time which I have no
> connectivity, I can usually still get to my cable modem's status page
> at 192.168.100.1 just fine

I've experienced the same.  I've got the same cable modem since I
signed up in 2000.  Once in a while, usually around dinner time, I'll
lose all connectivity to the internet for a few minutes.  It comes back
without me doing anything.  FWIW, I'm using IPCOP. 

Phil


> or , meaning that traffic is passing through
> the router without any troubles. I usually just blame it on Comcast
> and move on/deal with it, although it is annoying for someone like me
> who is usually connected to about 9 IRC networks 24/7, lol.
> 
> Eric Cooper wrote:
> > I have a cable modem connected to a Debian router/firewall with 2
> > 3Com Vortex NICs.  In the past month or so I've been experiencing
> > annoying freezes, where there is 100% packet loss to the Comcast
> > router for as much as a minute, after which traffic flows again.
> >
> > Before I start swapping NICs and cable modems, has anyone else
> > experienced this?
> >
> >   
> 
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