I can sell you some magic packet aligner power magnets for only $99.95. Just wear them on your ethernet cable. Your tinfoil solution just isn't cutting it. :) -----Original Message----- From: Adam Maloney [mailto:adamm at sihope.com] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 1:41 PM To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' Subject: RE: [TCLUG:2254] Cable modem is ripping me off No, we forced it down to half duplex at 10base and it still was problematic. Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Austad, Jay wrote: > Whenever you see that much packet loss on a local network, it's usually > mismatched duplex. > > Jay > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Maloney [mailto:adamm at sihope.com] > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 7:20 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:2254] Cable modem is ripping me off > > > How is that working for you? One of the tenants in our building bought an > ethernet connection to us, and they're using a Netgear ethernet router as > their gateway. I kid you not, the thing drops every other packet. We > opened a dos prompt on their win server and ran a ping, 50% packet loss. > > Adam Maloney > Systems Administrator > Sihope Communications > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, BT wrote: > > > I picked up a netgear Gateway Router box and a net hub, got the hub with > my nic cards, > > the router lets use as many boxes as I want. > > > > Apu wrote: > > > > > I used to run two boxes using cable modem and a small hub, but recently > I observed > > > that I cannot use them both at the same time for internet. When I called > them they > > > told me that I have to purchase another IP for $15 per month. (which is > kinda high on > > > top of $50). > > > > > > Anyone has any good suggestion for me, how to make this work or a better > service from > > > somewhere else? > > > > > > Apu > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org