[CLUE-Tech] IDSL (was Of Security and Firewalls..)

[ian]

One of the fixes too (as I had that same problem) is that the first group
of cable modems were crap.  Was when they firware upgraded the router.

There was large amounts of problems with the first modems not being 
properly DOCSIS compliant and as such when the firware was upgraded
to be "more" DOCSIS compliant many of the original modems broke. 

It was only when they got to true DOCSIS on the routers and gave me a 
properly flashed cable modem when my problems stopped.

ian


On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:19:21AM -0700, Grant Johnson wrote:
> At 06:50 AM 03/22/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >I have a cable modem now, and frankly, compared to even IDSL, it sucks.
> >  With a cable modem you have 30Mb shared bandwidth for everyone in your
> >area, so it slows down during the busy times.  You also have a lot less
> >reliable connection and more hops to get on a backbone.
> >
> >Brandon
> Yes, my cable modem has slowed as more people have signed on.  It has 
> slowed from about 8mb to about 2mb at the worst times of day.  Still faster 
> than the 1.544mb of a T1, so....  I don't really mind.  Reliability is a 
> REAL issue, usually they kill a router once a month or 
> so.  Morons.  Anyway, for performance, my signal was way too hot coming in, 
> and it hurt my performance, and reliability.  Do you occasionally lose RF 
> frame sync (lights start blingking orange instead of being solid green) if 
> so, here is the $1.29 solution:  Go to Radio Shack, and buy an RF 
> attenuator.  There is one for less than 5 bucks, and it is designed for 
> cable TV.  When I put it on my system, everything got better, right 
> away.  I had been fighting lost RF sync for months.  The techs had been out 
> twice a month, and I was on my third cable modem, but they never did figure 
> it out.
> 
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