[Charlug] Question about cable modem and dhcp

[C. Michael Pilato]

I used to have a really flaky TW connection, too.  I reported this to TW,
and they sent out a tech.  He took one look at my modem and said, "That's an
old modem -- here's a new one."  (I'd only had the "old modem" a few
months.)  Since then, my connection has been pretty darned reliable.

Peter Senft wrote:
> Kevin,
> 
> I have the same issue with TW RoadRunner. I encountered it in two
> different apartments with different types of modems. It seems that TW
> has a very flaky connection and they don't care. Tech support can't help
> (as expected) and nobody knows what's going on. I found different types
> of disconnect for my modem, which is connected via RJ45 to my server:
> - The modem is not reachable anymore (even the modem doesn't like TW)
> - The DHCP server of TW is not reachable anymore
> - The "internet" is not reachable anymore
> 
> I wrote a small bash script and start it every minute with cron. It is
> simply checking for these three cases. If the connection goes down the
> script restarts the network and the firewall and also informs me by
> mail. I have a pretty good trail now how often TW goes down. And you're
> right, it seems random. Although I had some days were I could not get a
> connection for hours :(. My conclusion out of this: TW sucks... Is there
> any reliable provider in this country?
> 
> cu hps
> 
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