[TriLUG] OT: More on the RR Network issue

[Reginald Reed]

Did you look at the cable modem diagnostic web server yet as someone
suggested earlier?  Other than the logs, a very key thing to look at is
the signal strength.  I don't know what is good, but if you can check it
out when you aren't having problems and compare it to when you are, you
might get a clue as to what the issue may be.

As a side note, my cable modem runs fine, but my two digital cable boxes
can't do PPV.  Its been administratively (supposedly) turned on by TWC,
but I don't think there is enough signal strength to send commands.  For
those with digital cable, turn to channel 999 for diag info.  Its pretty
cool, you can see the IP address of the box and notice that its using
DAVIC instead of DOCSIS for IP traffic.

--Reggie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org 
> [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Vinson
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:20 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: [TriLUG] OT: More on the RR Network issue
> 
> 
> I should have been more specific earlier, but I hadn't really thought 
> clearly enough about the e-mail prior to sending it.  I was 
> simply using 
> the DNS servers as a point of reference.  All connections had 
> dropped to 
> nearly nothing.  I do run BIND internally for my lan and for 
> caching, so 
> I only use RR's DNS as a backup.  But, when I have an issue I 
> normally 
> check connectivity to the DNS servers as a matter of 
> convenience.  Oh, I 
> checked my bandwidth with their speed test (yeah I know it is 
> crappy :) 
> during these slowdowns and it was around 9kb/s.  Which is something I 
> haven't ever seen even during peek times with RR.
> 
> So, everything starts getting slow and what correct itself 
> until a cable 
> modem power cycle.  If I restart networking without power cycling it 
> doesn't find an ip address and simply keeps looking until it 
> has failed.
> 
> Thanks again.
> Bill
> 
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