Thanks, IF I can get knoppix to work with both at the
same time, the modem and find his keyboard!! Of
course, could boot to cli and hope the keyboard and
modem both are found!! The 'wall/splitter' to modem is
about ten feet .. guessing.
Will try to make sure the cables are not the problem.
Doubt that it will be simple without equipment. I just
remembered, there is/was a 'repair' where a 'good'
neighbor (long gone) tapped in long before he got
internet, but that shouldn't be a problem...will check
that 'splicer' just incase.
Btw, Cox didn't want to press charges, might have been
all the HA's that she hung out with??? HA's = Hell's
Angels!!
Speaking of which, it is funny how she moved while I
was at work (used to live in back). I don't understand
why all the 'photos' and license plates, that I faxed
to DEA and FBI and etc (5 fax numbers) from work would
have anything to do with that!!!..I worked in Maricopa
County Hospital and used several different fax
machines. Real funny. Hum, got tired of being told to
'not come home' at midnight. And seeing all kinds of
people crawling in and out of her windows!!
--- Michael Sammartano <
volinaz@cox.net> wrote:
> Look outside for possible problems, ie: construction
> in close proximity
> to his residence. Again it is not likely to be the
> modem.
As far as your
> old modem, it may have been a problem with the pci
> slot or a shabby
> connection that was heating up.
As I stated, it WAS an external modem (I hate
'infernal' internals!!! They are usually a 'windy'
modem--crap), no pci on my slow die'r. It was on at
least two different machines, a k6-2-350 and this
p3-850. I like looking at the 'blinking' lights...when
the page doesn't load..even if it is the other end's
problem. My qworst/actiontec is sitting here blinking
at me, both machines humming away, er blinking away.
Electronic devices
> have NO moving parts
> to slowly die. Unless a chip has a crack in it from
> either heat isssues
> or physical damage elsewhere they dont die slowly.
> Check also his cat5
> cable, pay attention to the ends as well where they
> plug in for tight
> fits, excessive movement will also cause problems.
> Also from the command
> line you can do ipconfig /all
If I can get knoppix to see both items, Keyboard and
modem!! Like I said, weird this morn.
Just tried that here, and:
bash: ipconfig: command not found
> Get the gateway IP, DNS addresses, and ping them.
> Then try to ping
> yahoo.com. Compare all. Also when pinging use
> ping -n 30 address here. This will give you a
> larger range to compare
> packet loss.
>
> Created with the Thunderbird email client for
> Windows. This is an Open Source alternative to the
> troubled Microsoft product line.
>
>
>
> ec wrote:
>
> >--- Michael Sammartano <volinaz@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>The problem is most likely the connections in the
> >>area. Did he add a
> >>splitter? TV? etc! In my experience with COX when
> >>there is packet loss
> >>of that magnitude it is always something silly.
> >>Perhaps he has a faulty
> >>coax from wall to modem. Problem could also be in
> to
> >>long of a cable
> >>from wall to modem. Look at all the possibilities.
> >>The last one being
> >>the modem. Modems do not slowly go bad, tey are
> >>either good or bad! No
> >>moving parts, therefore not likely.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >All I know is that last year, my dialup modem did
> the
> >slow die over about 8 months. Wife's was cooking at
> a
> >consistant 40+kb and mine, after June/July would
> only
> >get around 33kb. It finally died in Feburary, that
> is
> >when I got the qworst cheapie dsl 256/256kb. And
> since
> >it isn't 'totally' down, cox is trying to 'sell'
> the
> >service and modem. I don't trust them as the saying
> >goes 'as far as I can throw them'!! My Hayes Accura
> >56k did the slow die till it finally took the
> fairly
> >fast 'last breath'..that took two days of 10k-25k!!
> We
> >watched that 'meter/graphic' that kppp has for
> >send/recieve speeds.
> >
> >Cox says that the others on 'that street' are up
> and
> >no or almost no packet loss on their pings!!
> >
> >Still would like to 'hook it up to a good known
> line'
> >and IF the stupid that comes out tries to sell a
> new
> >and it worked with your (whoever) line, I/we/Jim
> could
> >basically argue the point!! We got 'burned' last
> time
> >he had a problem..the 'stupid' completely crashed
> his
> >o/s!! Don't know how, but he did. Then, his
> 'gateway
> >junker's' cd's wouldn't completely and cleanly
> >reinstall/repair/whatever his o/s. He had a
> crippled
> >system for about a year. A real weird way of
> getting
> >it all the way up! I wasn't into linux any (and
> still
> >am way below all you guys), and it was about a ten
> >minute, weird boot that he finally got going with!!
> >SO, we are somewhat worried with them touching the
> >keyboard!!
> >
> >I also plan tomorrow, since I won't be 'with
> someone
> >else who was not interested like today', to check
> all
> >connections.
> >
> >What I did yesterday was plug the main line thru
> the
> >wall straight into the modem and yesterday it
> didn't
> >'improve it (it was still totally dead then, no
> steady
> >cable light)'!!! He has a three way splitter, two
> >tuners in the tv and the cable box. One goes
> straight
> >to 'tuner 2', one into the cable box, and the last
> one
> >into the modem. Been that way for over a year, no
> >problems, but like I said, I unhooked the splitter
> and
> >straight into the modem, still no go yesterday,
> then
> >about an hour after I left, the 'cable' light was
> on,
> >and he sent an email, but slowly. The TV seems to
> work
> >just fine, no lines or anything in the picture on
> any
> >channel.
> >
> >When trying it in xp this morning, mail.yahoo.com
> took
> >about a whole minute to pop this morning. Guessing
> >about 5k/bits of bandwidth!!
> >
> >Yes, I THINK it is their problem, but Jim is broke
> for
> >the month and who knows what the 'stupid' will try
> to
> >stick him with. IF it is the modem, the wife and I
> can
> >get one from Fry's or whoever has one on sale. But
> I
> >want to KNOW it is bad.
> >
> >He got a small, and it is gone into the previous
> cpu
> >and tv, inheritance a few years ago. When you are
> >basically home bound unless someone helps you go,
> and
> >then only short trips which you 'pay' for with pain
> >for a day or two, you need something like cox cable
> tv
> >and the internet (Jim loves gaming) to while away
> the
> >time!!
> >
> >He cost us about $50 this week, he got sick and had
> to
> >go to the doc on Thursday. I slept two nights on
> the
> >floor, thur/fri night, at his place. So I know the
> >'net' is messed up now. 'Twas glad to get home and
> on
> >the 'fast and steady' 256k dsl here!!
> >
> >=====
> >Cyclists should expect and demand safe
> >accommodation on our public roads,
> >just as does every other user.
> >
> >Nothing more is expected.
> >
> >Nothing less is acceptable!
> >
> >
> >
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