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Posted by Quaoar on December 31, 2005, 6:13 pm
Peabody wrote:
> A few days ago I started having problems with my Cox HSI service.
> Things will be going along just fine, and then everything slows to a
> crawl. A multi-ping test to my default gateway during these
> bad periods yields packet loss of 30-60%. So it's no wonder nothing
> works.
>
> And then when I come back to the computer an hour later, everything
> may be fine again. There has been no reset, power cycle or reboot
> of either my computer or my modem in the meantime. I've tried using
> my old computer, but it does the same thing. I don't have an extra
> modem to switch out.
>
> And rebooting/resetting doesn't help.
>
> Even more testing shows that the power levels and SNR ratio are the
> same whether things are fine or awful. The up and down frequencies
> are always the same - 25 and 663 MHz.
>
> The modem is a Toshiba PCX2200 which has worked great for several
> years.
>
> Does this look familiar to anyone? The tech is coming out Monday,
> and I just know it will be working perfectly when he's here. What
> do I need to ask him to check?
>
> Someone suggested it might be a P2P d00d on my node who's found a
> way to remove the speed limits on his modem, particularly the
> upstream limit. Another thought was possible interference from
> someone's cable phone service - that could explain the timing I'm
> seeing.
Depending on your node demographics, it could be multiple doods and
doodesses.
Q
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