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ok, i have this Ambit cable modem/router combo (gateway?) from Time Warner Road Runner, and its config page's log shows a lot of " map request retry timeout " messages.

And I *think* that is why I am getting slow connections (slow response time when connecting to websites) to frequently dropped ...

Hmm, I just disconnected the co-axial cable from my modem, and reconnected it. Now the connection has been alive for more than 20 mins! Maybe that fixed the problem?

Here's the new diagnostic page, after I re-connected the co-axial cable.

No, I'm using XP, SP2. Not Vista.

Ok I managed to get onto that connection for 1 minute. Tried wiggling the cord, it does not seem to influence the modem lights.



Here's the TCP Analyzer results:

TCP options string = 020405b40103030101010402
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each ...

Sorry, it looks like now my connection won't even stay on for more than 1 minutes, so I couldn't really run TCP analyzer with this connection. I'm posting in another location

Just to clarify, my time warner support guy told me that my "downstream power" was too high.

In any case, I just bought a ...

Here's the screen of the diagnostic page of the modem
(http://192.168.100.1 )

Thanks

Hi all, I'm a total newbie to broadband hardware. So thanks in advance!

Problem: tonight I am seeing dropped internet connectivity every 3 minutes or so, and each time, I have to unplug my cable modem, replug, then renew my IP, then it'll work for ~3 minutes, repeat....

I use time warner, so I ...