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84 --=====================_2348294==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sheridan makes a good point. I find that the system comes up MUCH faster when I leave the cable modem ON. There is a STANDBY button on top of the Motorola SB5101 Surfboard, and I use it. These days, I simply push that button, when powering DOWN/UP the rest of the home network (computer(s) and router). Seems to be fast enough so that I'm connected by the end of the boot process. I like the idea that I'm completely disconnected when I think I'm OFF. We go away for weeks at a time and I have only to remove power from the the cable modem to be completely OFF -- no electron flow. I put only the answering machine on the UPS (so it will keep better time). -- Steve +++++++++++++++++++ On 4/26/06, Sheridan wrote, in part: >I, too, have Adelphia as my ISP. Two things: > >1) I had registered the Motorola modem with Adelphia when I bought it 2 or 3 years ago. About two months ago they sent me a new RCA modem to replace mine (it is mine at no cost) because they are upgrading their system and the old modem was a DOCSIS 1.0 and the new one is DOCSIS 2.0. > >2) I shut down my computers at night but leave the cable modem and old SMC Barricade router on 24/7. (That way I don't have to switch them on when a computer is turned on. Not all computers are in the same room.) I don't have drops in service and the IP address acquired via DHCP had not changed since I bought the Motorola modem. It did change when I connected the RCA modem but hasn't changed since. > >Perhaps this info gives another route of thinking. I do have a wired system not "air mail" > >Not to brag, I have had cable service for about 7 years and I can count on one hand, with fingers left over, the number of times I couldn't reach the Net due to Comcast/Adelphia problems. Maybe I got on a lucky node. > >Sheridan --=====================_2348294==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Sheridan makes a good point. I find that the system comes up MUCH faster when I leave the cable modem ON. There is a STANDBY button on top of the Motorola SB5101 Surfboard, and I use it. These days, I simply push that button, when powering DOWN/UP the rest of the home network (computer(s) and router). Seems to be fast enough so that I'm connected by the end of the boot process. I like the idea that I'm completely disconnected when I think I'm OFF. We go away for weeks at a time and I have only to remove power from the the cable modem to be completely OFF -- no electron flow. I put only the answering machine on the UPS (so it will keep better time). -- Steve +++++++++++++++++++ On 4/26/06, Sheridan wrote, in part: I, too, have Adelphia as my --=====================_2348294==_.ALT-- ===================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send an email message to "steward@scoug.com". In the body of the message, put the command "unsubscribe scoug-help". For problems, contact the list owner at "postmaster@scoug.com". ===================================================== >> Next Message >> Return to [ 27 | April | 2006 ]
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