Nathan England wrote:
> 
> I have Qwest Choice online vDSL service. It seems they have their
> networks set to renew the IP every 5700 seconds. (90 minutes)
> If I am donwloading anything, streaming anything, regardless of the
> bandwidth use, if I am doing something other than generic web surfing
> when the renewal time comes, the modem disconnects and I have to unplug
> the modem and let it renew.
> 
> Does anyone else have this issue? Or is this not Qwest's fault, but a
> problem with my dhcpcd?
> 
> I've been trying to download a 700 meg iso, and I have had to reconnect
> the modem 7 times in the last two days as my iso trickles in at 12 kbps.
> 
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I have VDSL and have not experienced that problem at all.

I did experience severe packet loss (5-13%) between me and the next
hop.  Qwest ties the IP's to the MAC address of the NIC, so one of my
machines surfs with a clean connection, and the other sux big time with
massive packet loss.  Same copper in the house, same fibre, different
router.

Try changing your MAC address, or replacing your NIC and see what
happens.

George Toft
Computer Security
AGD,llc
www.agdllc.com
623-203-1760