Re:How 20 mbps Internet can be slower than 8 mbps
by e40 on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @12:01AM
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I've had a similar experience with AT&T Business ADSL. For years I had problems with my router just hanging and needing a reboot (Cayman 3456). Early on, I wrote a script to ping the router just on the other side of mine, and to reboot the router when it noticed a connectivity drop for more than a minute.
So, a few weeks ago I just got fed up. After a while on the phone, I was lucky to get a local tech. She told me to get a modem (not router) at Best Buy and do the routing on my Linux box. I did and I haven't had one connection problem since. 6 years of pain, and it was the router all along, which had been replaced (then SBC) with the same model.
So, a few weeks ago I just got fed up. After a while on the phone, I was lucky to get a local tech. She told me to get a modem (not router) at Best Buy and do the routing on my Linux box. I did and I haven't had one connection problem since. 6 years of pain, and it was the router all along, which had been replaced (then SBC) with the same model.