reno Posted December 14, 2006 CID Share Posted December 14, 2006 Okay this is my weird problem, whenever my internet is downloading a large file for a long period of time my internet just dies, all the lights stay on the modem it just doesn't work, to get the internet working agian I have to unplug the modem and restart it. I think its the modem I am just not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted December 14, 2006 CID Share Posted December 14, 2006 Okay this is my weird problem, whenever my internet is downloading a large file for a long period of time my internet just dies, all the lights stay on the modem it just doesn't work, to get the internet working agian I have to unplug the modem and restart it. I think its the modem I am just not sure. First off let me adress your new sig, I LOVE it. The animated one is GREAT. Second off I had this happen to me before and I thought it was my modem too. I couldnt just reset the modem I had to unplug it and leave it that way for at least 5 minutes. My problem was they were upgrading internet in my area. It took me a couple days to figure it out and the behavior continued for a week. I would start off by calling your ISP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 14, 2006 CID Share Posted December 14, 2006 how long has it been doing this for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reno Posted December 14, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 14, 2006 Awhile now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkieXL Posted December 27, 2006 CID Share Posted December 27, 2006 most cable modem drop-off's are the result of a blocked or delayed ICMP-Echo requests, usually caused by a firewall or router setting. Problems will include: -Difficulties with DHCP lease acquisition or renewal in cases where the DHCP server checks on the availability of IP addresses, or your presence on the network, with ICMP ping requests -Slowness of web connection setup in cases where the remote web server uses ICMP to determine the MTU of the response path. ..resulting in dropped connections. Windows XP has a built-in firewall that by default blocks ICMP Echo. You should uncheck this feature, also, if running Zonealarm or other similar program, or if using a Router- Disable the Block WAN Request feature. Hope This helps- JxL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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