cox connectivity issue

[Darrin Chandler]

Ben Browning wrote:

>Darrin Chandler wrote:
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>>I eventually dumped Cox due to similar performance degradation. The
>>problem was diagnosed several times as a signal strength issue, and
>>supposedly fixed. It was never fixed for long, though.  And Cox kept
>>trying to charge us for a service call even though it was obviously not
>>a problem with my network or computers, but in *their* network or
>>installation. Now I'm using Qwest's DSL, and while it's by no means
>>perfect (their DNS servers stink), I rarely have any speed or
>>connectivity issues.
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>Sounds like you need a local DNS cache :)
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>If you have a *nix desktop sitting somewhere on your interna network,
>you can set up a DNS cache by simply installing bind or tinydns(a
>buildit-from-source package including the dnscache program, written by
>Dan Bernstein). A local DNS cache actually improves speed in most home
>nets (well latency anyway) and is especially helpful if the link from
>you to the outside world takes errors fairly frequently.
>
>~Ben
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One better, I set my DNS servers manually to good ones rather than using 
the ones handed out by dhcp. Problem solved.

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Darrin Chandler
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