Re: [PLUG] OT: Comcast problems

[JP Toto <viceclown@yahoo.com>]

My linksys router has been acting a little funny lately, too. Keeps 
dropping the connection until i unplug/replug it (power). Yes, Im on 
comcast.

Here's the icing on the cake, too. We upgraded to their "professional" 
service which is supposed to be a static IP. Well... it just changed on 
us. When my brother called about it the guy on the phone said it's 
static but might change every six months or so. Ummm... that's NOT 
static! Isnt' this some kind of false adverstising or something? 
Needless to say my brother and I are pissed.

- JP

Doug Crompton wrote:
> Yes the one that went down is a linksys. Had been working fine for months.
> The router is not bad. It appears to be a comcast change. I see other
> complaints on some of the lists. I wonder if I should pick up a different
> brand? Any preferences?
>
> Doug
>
> On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Art Clemons wrote:
>
>
> > If you have a linksys router, you might want to download an earlier 
> > version of firmware, or alternatively use whatever box works as a router 
> > with a 2nd NIC and an appropriate firewall setup.  I have more problems 
> > when my modem unexpectedly gets bumped and resets than with a netgear 
> > router, I had lots of fun with 2 different linksys routers, so much that 
> > I went to using an old 486 as a gateway with a switch connected to the 
> > 2nd NIC and other computers.  That worked quite well until the fan 
> > cooling the CPU stopped working one day.
>
>
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