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Date:	Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:40:47 PST8
From:	Sheridan <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Question about using Router / Access Point

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I, too, have Adelphia as my ISP. Two things:

1) I had registered the Motorola modem with Adelphia when I bought it 2
or 3 years ago. About two months ago they sent me a new RCA modem to
replace mine (it is mine at no cost) because they are upgrading their
system and the old modem was a DOCSIS 1.0 and the new one is DOCSIS 2.0.

2) I shut down my computers at night but leave the cable modem and old
SMC Barricade router on 24/7. (That way I don't have to switch them on
when a computer is turned on. Not all computers are in the same room.)
I don't have drops in service and the IP address acquired via DHCP had
not changed since I bought the Motorola modem. It did change when I
connected the RCA modem but hasn't changed since.

Perhaps this info gives another route of thinking. I do have a wired
system not "air mail" though.

Not to brag, I have had cable service for about 7 years and I can count
on one hand, with fingers left over, the number of times I couldn't
reach the Net due to Comcast/Adelphia problems. Maybe I got on a lucky
node.

Sheridan

Steve Carter wrote:

>I, too, am on Adelphia with a Motorola cable modem (SB5101).
>It feeds an older SMC Barricade router.
>
>I power down the router & cable modem regularly and must re-acquire
>an IP and the router must re-acqure the cable modem. My WAP is a wimpy,
>old, brain-damaged (802.11b) Belkin, and separate from the router.
>
>I find that the cable modem will re-acquire an IP (via DHCP)
>faster if it is not being kept busy with traffic from the router.
>Sometimes it can take several minutes to get a new (renew a) lease,
>if I'm impatiently hammering away at the router for data from my browser.
>
>Adelphia will not spend any of their support time helping you out
>with your router. They have been adamant about that and I sorta understand.
>
>Their best suggestion was to hard re-boot the cable modem (power down)
>and try again.
>
> -- Steve
>
>+++++++++++++++++++
>On 4/24/06, Colin Campbell wrote, in part:
>
>
>>I have high speed internet service thru my TV cable provider, Adelphia.
>>
>>I use the cable modem suggested by Adelphia (Motorola SB4200 Surfboard
>>Cable Modem). After I won a Linksys WRT54G wireless router at a SCOUG
>>meeting, I began using the router to enable me to use both of my PCs to
>>access the Internet. Sometimes, I do so simultaneously, since they sit
>>side by side. A few weeks ago, I bought a Linksys Wireless Access Point
>>(WAP54G), and found I could connect the two PCs using the Router to send
>>a signal to the AP.
>>
>>Since then, I have noticed times when I lose Internet access, (usually,
>>maybe always, I'm not sure) on both PCs at once. It happened yesterday,
>>when my wife and daughter wanted to do some on line shopping, and my
>>wife called Adelphia. One of the questions she was asked was whether
>>there was a Router involved, She said yes, and was told to try a
>>connection without the Router. We did so, and things worked.
>>
>>Today, I wanted to use both PCs at once, the older to do e-mail, and the
>>newer to try to get everything I needed to make TiMidity work. At the
>>start, I had connectivity on both PCs, but later lost my connection. I
>>tried unplugging the cable modem, waiting a minute or so, and
>>reconnecting the power plug. The lights there indicated a good
>>connection. Still, I couldn't do anything. So, I unplugged the Router,
>>waited a bit, and plugged it back in. Then, things worked again.
>>However, after awhile, I lost the connection again.
>>
>>The Router is plugged in to my power strip, so it is powered off when I
>>shut down the PCs for the night. The Access Point, because I've run out
>>of plugs on the power strip, has been plugged in continuously. Right
>>now, though, I'm not using the Access Point, so I unplugged it.
>>
>>Is anyone else having problems with a Router?
>>
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I, too, have Adelphia as my ISP.  Two things:

1) I had registered the Motorola modem with Adelphia when I bought it 2 or 3 years ago.  About two months ago they sent me a new RCA modem to replace mine (it is mine at no cost) because they are upgrading their system and the old modem was a DOCSIS 1.0 and the new one is DOCSIS 2.0.

2) I shut down my computers at night but leave the cable modem and old SMC Barricade router on 24/7.  (That way I don't have to switch them on when a computer is turned on.  Not all computers are in the same room.)  I don't have drops in service and the IP address acquired via DHCP had not changed since I bought the Motorola modem.  It did change when I connected the RCA modem but hasn't changed since.

Perhaps this info gives another route of thinking.  I do have a wired system not "air mail" <g> though.

Not to brag, I have had cable service for about 7 years and I can count on one hand, with fingers left over, the number of times I couldn't reach the Net due to Comcast/Adelphia problems.  Maybe I got on a lucky node.

Sheridan

Steve Carter wrote:

I, too, am on Adelphia with a Motorola cable modem (SB5101). 
It feeds an older SMC Barricade router. 

I power down the router & cable modem regularly and must re-acquire 
an IP and the router must re-acqure the cable modem. My WAP is a wimpy, 
old, brain-damaged (802.11b) Belkin, and separate from the router. 

I find that the cable modem will re-acquire an IP (via DHCP) 
faster if it is not being kept busy with traffic from the router. 
Sometimes it can take several minutes to get a new (renew a) lease, 
if I'm impatiently hammering away at the router for data from my browser. 

Adelphia will not spend any of their support time helping you out 
with your router.  They have been adamant about that and I sorta understand.  

Their best suggestion was to hard re-boot the cable modem (power down) 
and try again. 

 -- Steve

+++++++++++++++++++
On 4/24/06, Colin Campbell wrote, in part:
  

I have high speed internet service thru my TV cable provider, Adelphia.

I use the cable modem suggested by Adelphia (Motorola SB4200 Surfboard 
Cable Modem).  After I won a Linksys WRT54G wireless router at a SCOUG 
meeting, I began using the router to enable me to use both of my PCs to 
access the Internet.  Sometimes, I do so simultaneously, since they sit 
side by side.  A few weeks ago, I bought a Linksys Wireless Access Point 
(WAP54G), and found I could connect the two PCs using the Router to send 
a signal to the AP.

Since then, I have noticed times when I lose Internet access, (usually, 
maybe always, I'm not sure) on both PCs at once.  It happened yesterday, 
when my wife and daughter wanted to do some on line shopping, and my 
wife called Adelphia.  One of the questions she was asked was whether 
there was a Router involved,  She said yes, and was told to try a 
connection without the Router.  We did so, and things worked.

Today, I wanted to use both PCs at once, the older to do e-mail, and the 
newer to try to get everything I needed to make TiMidity work.  At the 
start, I had connectivity on both PCs, but later lost my connection.  I 
tried unplugging the cable modem, waiting a minute or so, and 
reconnecting the power plug.  The lights there indicated a good 
connection.  Still, I couldn't do anything.  So, I unplugged the Router, 
waited a bit, and plugged it back in.  Then, things worked again. 
However, after awhile, I lost the connection again.

The Router is plugged in to my power strip, so it is powered off when I 
shut down the PCs for the night.  The Access Point, because I've run out 
of plugs on the power strip, has been plugged in continuously.  Right 
now, though, I'm not using the Access Point, so I unplugged it.

Is anyone else having problems with a Router?

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