Staying connected, but dataflow stops on cable

switchblade · Post by **switchblade** » Fri Mar 30, 2001 10:08 pm

i can stay connected ok, but every few minutes my dataflow just stops for no apparent reason, even when i am not running any other applications while connected, and even after reinstalling tcp/ip and the nic, it still happens. Can someone tell me what this might be?

twisted · Post by **twisted** » Fri Mar 30, 2001 10:16 pm

Two questions:

1.) Did you contact your ISP?
2.) Do you use a Linksys Router?

switchblade · Post by **switchblade** » Fri Mar 30, 2001 10:33 pm

i have checked with my isp, they don't know what it could be, even had a tech come out!

no i am not using one of those routers.

Web_Woman · Post by **Web_Woman** » Fri Mar 30, 2001 10:37 pm

The same thing happens to me. I am interested in the response asking if a Linksys router is used. I use a linksys router. Could that stop dataflow on my net?

twisted · Post by **twisted** » Fri Mar 30, 2001 10:37 pm

OK. I have the same problem. My ISP (Adelphia) gave me two possible reasons:

1.) Linksys router is not working properly.
2.) The web sites that I visit are busy as they claim that it is not their servers.

There are quite a few people that have this same problem but I have yet to find any resolutions on the boards.

Dement · Post by **Dement** » Fri Mar 30, 2001 10:40 pm

I run a Linksys and have had no problems. I have also installed 8 and keep in touch with my clients and haven't had any problems. I even know that about 3 are running with no firmware upgrade.

twisted · Post by **twisted** » Fri Mar 30, 2001 10:50 pm

WebWoman:

Go over to the Networking Forum as I have posted our question under a recent Linky heading (something about it sucking).

switchblade · Post by **switchblade** » Fri Mar 30, 2001 10:53 pm

i know its not the webpages i'm visiting, because it happens all the time, even when i ping my isps local server.

switchblade · Post by **switchblade** » Sat Mar 31, 2001 12:38 am

what are some other bbs i could post this question too?

sad_cablemodem_user · Post by **sad_cablemodem_user** » Sat Mar 31, 2001 9:13 am

I also have this problem. Tech support (Adelphia) is clueless to what the problem is (I think they know what it is but won't fix it). I do know it is not my PC or the Linksys, because it will happen with any PC I connect directly to the cable modem. My problem looks to be an upstream problem only. (modem can't transmit but can receive)

Kip Patterson · Post by **Kip Patterson** » Sat Mar 31, 2001 10:32 am

For those of you having trouble with pauses, what protocols do you have installed in addition to TCP/IP?

Thanks,

Kip Patterson

tekelberry · Post by **tekelberry** » Sat Mar 31, 2001 11:05 am

You no Im sick and ****ing tired of people complaining about the Linksys. They just say that to make you believe. That is the most unlikely cause of all of this! You people, they would say the same thing about a NetGear. Someone please step forward saying it sucks ONLY if they have used it. Thank you my god!

Caster · Post by **Caster** » Sat Mar 31, 2001 2:13 pm

Sounds like a DNS error to me try manually configing the DNS settings

sad_cablemodem_user · Post by **sad_cablemodem_user** » Sat Mar 31, 2001 2:35 pm

Kip,

My Linux and Win2k boxes are only using TCP/IP.

My problem seems to be with the default gateway that is assigned. Running a ping with the -t option to the gateway IP address will show it "Request timed out" every 5 minutes or so.

glc1 · Post by **glc1** » Sat Mar 31, 2001 11:32 pm

Originally posted by sad_cablemodem_user:
Running a ping with the -t option to the gateway IP address will show it "Request timed out" every 5 minutes or so.

That would be packet loss. Have you contacted your provider? Does you get packet loss when pinging your gateway?

Pikap39 · Post by **Pikap39** » Sun Apr 01, 2001 10:33 pm

this is going to sound nutzzzz. Ask your ISP to check if the Katelin, (forgive my spelling)that they use to check the reverse in the headend is properly filltered from the modem carriers. we had this problem once and it threw everybody out of wack. If you need more details let me know ill go through my notes.......

Pikap39 · Post by **Pikap39** » Sun Apr 01, 2001 10:35 pm

or as he said its packet loss and ther just lieing to you......

rodrod5 · Post by **rodrod5** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 3:16 am

you need to provide more info what to he lights on your modem do when you lose connectivity? what do you do to get connectivity back? play with th modem? run winipcfg release all renew all and get your ip address back? wait then your connectivity comes back after time? this would be helpful to know are your pings getting request timed out one or two at a time or in a big long continouse bunch? are you using a firewall? have you tried setting your ip statically and seeing if this stops the problem?

sad_cablemodem_user · Post by **sad_cablemodem_user** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 7:01 pm

Speed.God if you could dig up that information, it would be most helpful.

rodrod5, my modem lights and etc. are all working properly. The time outs can be as short as 30 seconds or as long as over a minute in duration.

Pikap39 · Post by **Pikap39** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 7:07 pm

I'll look that stuff up and get back with you tomorrow. Plus have you checked the earlier conversations. there is a dead connections post from erlier today might try some of those......What isp are you with
@Home, etc

switchblade · Post by **switchblade** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 9:38 pm

my modem leds are fine, i get the normal occasional flash of rd and td on my modem for the heartbeat, but no other dataflow.... pings for me to my isps intranet home page time out every 3-4 mins for 3-4 mins, it is not exact.

Storm90 · Post by **Storm90** » Mon Apr 02, 2001 10:14 pm

Have you tried a different nic? I had nic that did that a long time ago. I had the tec out about three times and he could not figure out what was causeing this. So just out of wandering if it was the nic. I replace and my problem stop. Just a thought!

switchblade · Post by **switchblade** » Tue Apr 03, 2001 12:40 am

ok, thanks storm!... i've got a 3com nic at the mo, do yo remember what you had?

shaka · Post by **shaka** » Tue Apr 03, 2001 2:13 am

so glad to see that this problem is being addressed.

to rodrod5,

all modem lights are solid. when i click on a link, the hourglass is turning but the lights stay solid. then after 15-30secs delay, the data transfer lites start flickering on the modem and the link is made.

everything is fine for a few minutes then it stalls again. is this a windows configuration problem or an ie5 problem?
using win98se and ie5

Egg · Post by **Egg** » Tue Apr 03, 2001 2:32 am

I had this problem. Check out your domain and see if its in the right area. Mine was coming up in illinois and i live in michigan. Took them forever to listen to me. But i eventually talked to a tech that knew what was up and had the problem fixed....i spent about three months arguing with over 20 techs who didnt even know the difference between bits and bytes. I'm actually thinking about applying for a job with @Home since i know more than their techs do, and ive set up a couple LANs which is more than most their phone techs can say.

sad_cablemodem_user · Post by **sad_cablemodem_user** » Wed Apr 04, 2001 8:43 pm

switch,

hope you are having better luck than me.

I just got the Adelphia kiss of death.

Thank you for letting us know you are experiencing difficulty. We are
currently experiencing technical difficulties in your area. Our Network
Engineers have been made aware of this issue and are working to resolve this
as soon as possible for our customers. We apologize for any inconvenience
this may cause and thank you for your patience in this matter.