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Posted by Justin on July 18, 2006, 5:03 pm
Andrew Rossmann wrote:
> Acurajustin1978@hotmail.com says...
> > The only thing I didn't repalce is the cable modem itself a BEFCMU10.
> > The activity light on the cable modem blinks constantly too. When I
> > switched routers I got a new IP address - so I don't think it is a DOS
> > attack. With both machines off and unplugged - the activity light is
> > still going bonkers.
>
> It's normal for activity lights to blink continuously. Cable is full of
> ARP (??) packets that it is picking up. Some modems, such as the
> Motorola SB5120, are smart enough to not blink the light for them. It's
> nothing to worry about, as it's not really taking up much, if any,
> bandwidth.
>
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It didn't do that before. Thats the erids part. The emount of
blinking int he video is ALOT worse than previously.
There were a few lightning storms the past few weeks, I wasn't around
and all my PC equipment was up and running. I have power protection,
but not through the cable line.
Of course nothing protects against lightning.
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