cable modem broke... what should i get now?

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Wed May 16, 2001 12:22 am

ok this is a real bummer cuz my mom pushed my modem against the wall and broke the part where the cable line conects to the modem and i had an rca dcm215 and i loved it... and i heard that their was a modle about this one like the dcm225 or soem thing that was better...
i dotn care about usb conection becoase i only use my cat5 cables and nic's

but i just want thoughts of what is the better out of the 2 ... i am probaly going to get the same one again...i just want to knwo the pro's and cons..maybe i will change my mind

thanx

andrewe77 · Post by **andrewe77** » Wed May 16, 2001 12:55 am

I like the Surfboard because of its internal statistics page where you can look at your line power levels. http://www.compuplus.com has the 4100's for $158

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Wed May 16, 2001 1:43 am

The RCA has the internal pages, They have a utility in the box on the CD that gets you their. The CD came with my RCA 226.

Also you can find it by using the 10.xxx.xxx.1 number that is assignned to your modem and increment the last number 1 at a time until your modem resets. Thats your modem. The advanced diagnostic page can be found by adding /moreInfo.html after the IP address. (Note the capital I)

Also every modem page you find that doesn't make your modem reset is one of your neighbors!!!

You can also verify the modem page is yours by comparing the MAC address on the diagnostic page.

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Wed May 16, 2001 2:00 am

ok daveM you seem to knwo a lil on this sub... i have been tring to figure out how to find the info page for my modem and now that it is broken i finaly find out lol

well let me see if i have this under stood right... so i look on the bottom of my modem at my mac address then i type that mac into "ie" and then my modem should reset itself?
or i can type my mac and then put /moreInfo.html and also see the page?

hmm i think i need a lil more help on that sub cuz you kinda lost me when you said the 10.**.*.*.1 thingy

oh and btw i aint buying a modem this is from @home they provide them free this would be my 3rd modem... all being the same modle "dcm215"

oh and also do i have to be on a cable modem to check say my friends mac? or can i do that on 56k? and say if my friend lives in cali could i even check his?

[ 05-16-2001: Message edited by: pimptrizkit ]

Mighty Favog · Post by **Mighty Favog** » Wed May 16, 2001 11:28 am

To see the diag pages on an RCA 215+

After modem registration, start up the Browser (MS Explorer)

Under Tools->Internet Options->Connections->LAN Settings
Set “Bypass proxy server for local addresses”
Under Advanced, enter 192.168.100.1 in the “Exceptions” box. (Do not use proxy server for addresses beginning with…)

Navigate to http://192.168.100.1/diagnostics.html for the end user web page.
Navigate to http://192.168.100.1/moreInfo.html for the technician web page..

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Thu May 17, 2001 1:28 am

The way I do it is run a trace route somewhere.

The first 10.xxx.xxx.1 hop is your cable modem.

then thry browsing to 10.xxx.xxx.2
then 10.xxx.xxx.3

etc.etc...

Eventually you will find one that causes your modem to reboot.

The two pages are

10.xxx.xxx.xxx/diagnostics.html
and
10.xxx.xxx.xxx/moreInfo.html
the x's are filled in with the address you found in the above steps.

I can't use the 192.168.100.1 method, but that might be due to the use of my Netgear Cable Router RT-311.
The included CD with your "purchased" modem has the ability to check using the 192.168.100.1 information on it.

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Thu May 17, 2001 6:46 pm

ok i have a netgear hub but that is for my network "set up on a different nic...i have win2k with 2 nics and ics on so the first ip or hop should be my modem? will the number be the same as the mac on the buttom of the modem?"

cant wait till friday to see this page... "me just curious on what it might hold...."

wee96 · Post by **wee96** » Fri May 18, 2001 12:10 am

The new RCA consumer models are the DCM226 and the DCM235. These modems are no different from your 215 other than the optional USB connection (which I wouldnt advise you use). Most modems themselves these days use the DOCSIS standard anyways, so I wouldn't consider one brand better than the other.

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Fri May 18, 2001 6:04 pm

ok thankx for all your help i went ahead and got the 215 again and i like the cat 5 better then usb cuz i have a network set up also.. makes it easyer

now i am going to go take a look at the internal page...

thanx again

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Fri May 18, 2001 8:10 pm

ahh i cant figure out how to do an tracet in win2k.... can any one help?

drdoug99 · Post by **drdoug99** » Sat May 19, 2001 7:38 pm

I just typed in a dos window,

"tracert www.sounddomain.com

it gave me the results.

1 20 ms 10 ms 10 ms 10.26.0.1
2 10 ms 20 ms 10 ms at-7513.accesstoledo.com [208.16.181.129]
3 30 ms 30 ms 30 ms sl-gw5-kc-5-0-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.132.45

4 30 ms 30 ms 40 ms sl-bb21-kc-0-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.23.2]
5 60 ms 70 ms 71 ms sl-bb21-stk-5-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.9.206]
6 60 ms 70 ms 70 ms sl-bb20-stk-14-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.4.234

7 60 ms 70 ms 70 ms sl-bb21-sj-9-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.9.165]
8 60 ms 60 ms 60 ms sl-bb10-sj-10-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.3.174]
9 71 ms 70 ms 60 ms sl-wstar-5-0.sprintlink.net [144.228.111.30]
10 80 ms 90 ms 91 ms 6.atm4-0-0.seattle-0.winstar.net [63.141.227.1

11 90 ms 90 ms 81 ms nwnexus.seattle.good.net [209.141.173.50]
12 90 ms 90 ms 90 ms atm400-1.cr2.blv.nwnexus.net [198.202.20.137]
13 90 ms 90 ms 91 ms cr3.blv.nwnexus.net [206.63.0.126]
14 90 ms 90 ms 90 ms wolverine.cardomain.com [204.29.20.159]

hope that helps

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Sat May 19, 2001 9:22 pm

ok i did that and i changened the thast number 300 times so mine was 10.*.*.300 "from 1-300" and i still haven't found mine but i found a few other's and i saw what they look like but my question is how is this good for us? what os the poinyt of that page? and is their any other?