reply to post by princeguy
And more to the point, the internet was working fine last night in CFalls, Whitefish and Evergreen. To answer your initial question,
Internet was Shut Off last night., page 3
reply posted on 18-12-2011 @ 04:34 PM by princeguy
Originally posted by Montana
reply to post by princeguy
And more to the point, the internet was working fine last night in CFalls, Whitefish and Evergreen. To answer your initial question,
Hey hey!
A local! Nice to find a local on ATS! Cheers!
And thank you for the update.
reply posted on 18-12-2011 @ 05:21 PM by snrRog
I am really surprised that nobody has commented correctly to this post. After working in the catv industry since 1977, and working in the cable modem
department since 1995, I think I know a thing or 2 when it comes to either.
Your computer was connected to your router in your house, and since your computer connects to your router, your computer said all is well. If you are on a cable modem, your modem may have been down for one reason or another. Such as:
1. Ingress. Cable modems transmit their data from your house back to the cmts (Cable Modem Termination System) anywhere from about 5 mhz (megahertz) up to 40 mhz (in the USA, anyway, Euro-docsis is different).
For example, if your modem is transmitting at 27mhz, and there is a loose connection somewhere between your modem and the fiber node, and someone on a cb radio transmits in the general area, there is a GOOD chance that your modem could drop. Most cable companies ignore those frequencies though. but there are other problems. Anything in the range from 5-40 mhz is in the short wave band, and an open in the cable plant (no shielding) can mean that your modem could drop offline, even though your computer will tell you that you are still connected. There is A LOT more, but I don't want to get too technical (unless you want me to.)
2 DHCP servers
In most cases, your dhcp lease lasts for AT LEAST 24 hours. That means that your lease will last for 24 hours, and at half the time of your lease, you will ask to renew it. That means that you will ask for your ip address 12 hours after you received your last ip address. The server will have to be down for at least a day for you to notice that.
If you suspect your dhcp server is down, I suggest trying to ping a known ip address, or try this: open a web browser and type this in:
74.125.113.105...
This should take you to google.com
If it does, then your internet is up and your dhcp server is down. Usually very unlikely
Look at the lights on your modem. On our modems (we issue Motorola Surfboards), there are usually 4 lights lit:
downstream lock - if this is blinking, your cable is probably out
upstream lock - could be an ingress problem
online - could be dhcp OR tftp server problems (provisioning)
ethernet connection - no light means no link to your router, bad ethernet cable or something
some modems may have a blue light, and that is ok, that means wideband, which is a good thing!
When it comes to dsl (DinoSaur Link), I don't know much about it, but I could find out if anyone wants to know.
Anyway, there is generally NOT a major outage with the internet, only a localized outage, and as far as my company is concerned, these are priority calls and get taken care of first.
snrRog
Your computer was connected to your router in your house, and since your computer connects to your router, your computer said all is well. If you are on a cable modem, your modem may have been down for one reason or another. Such as:
1. Ingress. Cable modems transmit their data from your house back to the cmts (Cable Modem Termination System) anywhere from about 5 mhz (megahertz) up to 40 mhz (in the USA, anyway, Euro-docsis is different).
For example, if your modem is transmitting at 27mhz, and there is a loose connection somewhere between your modem and the fiber node, and someone on a cb radio transmits in the general area, there is a GOOD chance that your modem could drop. Most cable companies ignore those frequencies though. but there are other problems. Anything in the range from 5-40 mhz is in the short wave band, and an open in the cable plant (no shielding) can mean that your modem could drop offline, even though your computer will tell you that you are still connected. There is A LOT more, but I don't want to get too technical (unless you want me to.)
2 DHCP servers
In most cases, your dhcp lease lasts for AT LEAST 24 hours. That means that your lease will last for 24 hours, and at half the time of your lease, you will ask to renew it. That means that you will ask for your ip address 12 hours after you received your last ip address. The server will have to be down for at least a day for you to notice that.
If you suspect your dhcp server is down, I suggest trying to ping a known ip address, or try this: open a web browser and type this in:
74.125.113.105...
This should take you to google.com
If it does, then your internet is up and your dhcp server is down. Usually very unlikely
Look at the lights on your modem. On our modems (we issue Motorola Surfboards), there are usually 4 lights lit:
downstream lock - if this is blinking, your cable is probably out
upstream lock - could be an ingress problem
online - could be dhcp OR tftp server problems (provisioning)
ethernet connection - no light means no link to your router, bad ethernet cable or something
some modems may have a blue light, and that is ok, that means wideband, which is a good thing!
When it comes to dsl (DinoSaur Link), I don't know much about it, but I could find out if anyone wants to know.
Anyway, there is generally NOT a major outage with the internet, only a localized outage, and as far as my company is concerned, these are priority calls and get taken care of first.
snrRog
reply posted on 19-12-2011 @ 12:41 AM by Unvarnished
reply to post by princeguy
Something was probably wrong with the network connection, I live in the Caribbean and this has happened to me a couple of times! So do not sweat it.
Something was probably wrong with the network connection, I live in the Caribbean and this has happened to me a couple of times! So do not sweat it.
reply posted on 19-12-2011 @ 02:48 AM by Thunder heart woman
reply to post by princeguy
I'm not far from the Flathead, I'm more south of you. Won't give my location of course. But they have been routinely shutting off the internet for the past two years here. For the longest time I thought it was just a crappy connection. Not so.
One time it was shut off for THREE days. When I called to inquire about it each day, I was simply told, "I'm sorry, nothing I can do about this. It will be back in within 3 days, it's out of our hands."
It's out of their hands. They are just following orders.
So, do what I have done...
Get a home base CB set up, and learn to communicate with others alternatively...
The internet will be the first thing shut down when SHTF. They have learned how support spreads rapidly via internet and it will be cut off first thing.
Also, get a lot of back up batteries.
I'm not far from the Flathead, I'm more south of you. Won't give my location of course. But they have been routinely shutting off the internet for the past two years here. For the longest time I thought it was just a crappy connection. Not so.
One time it was shut off for THREE days. When I called to inquire about it each day, I was simply told, "I'm sorry, nothing I can do about this. It will be back in within 3 days, it's out of our hands."
It's out of their hands. They are just following orders.
So, do what I have done...
Get a home base CB set up, and learn to communicate with others alternatively...
The internet will be the first thing shut down when SHTF. They have learned how support spreads rapidly via internet and it will be cut off first thing.
Also, get a lot of back up batteries.
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