FishNET Posted November 17, 2004 CID Share Posted November 17, 2004 This thing is fucking BULLSHIT. It keeps restarting itself every few fucking hours. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH VERIZON GIVING OUT BAD MODEMS... IM CALLING RIGHT NOW AND TELLING THEM THAT IM SENDING BACK THE VERSALINK AND KEEPING MY GOOD OLD WESTELL 2200! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR So I wake up this morning and notice that Windows said that my network had stuff wrong with it, so I thought it was just a freak thing... Just now, IRC disconnects and all my IM services go down, then Windows says "A network cable is unplugged"... I run to my modem to see whats going on, the power light is red and its flashing DSL, and all the ethernet lights are off... then they turn on! WHAT THE FUCK! I will *NOT* use a modem that cant stay online for weeks on end like old westy. NOONE let Verizon screw them with this horrible Versalink! Before the Versalink, I could have my modem and router connected for MONTHS on end without problems... MONTHS, then I get the Versalink and it disconnects twice in less than 24 hours. Holy shit Im mad at Verizon... They REALLY think Im sending my OLD modem back? Theyre getting the Versalink back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted November 17, 2004 CID Share Posted November 17, 2004 Calm down keyboard warrior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hahn Posted November 17, 2004 CID Share Posted November 17, 2004 Wow, seriously. Just tell them you would rather keep your old modem and send the new one back. I doubt they're going to send someone out to get it if you do. Even if they do, tell them to fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted November 17, 2004 CID Share Posted November 17, 2004 Westell 2200 is the way to go. No problems since i got it (except if you connect it through USB then you have to forward ports lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishNET Posted November 17, 2004 Author CID Share Posted November 17, 2004 Tech support said to keep old Westy (as I call it)... Since they never even sent me the thing to send the 2200 back, he said to just keep both, and if I get a letter from them saying I HAVE to send one back, call and say they can have the Versalink... And if they throw the charge on the phone bill he said to just call and they'll take that off right away so they dont lose customers. Although the Versalink is a good idea, they should really have tested it more before they put it out to the public... Threfore I am going witth the tried and old 2200 that I know works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted November 17, 2004 CID Share Posted November 17, 2004 Security on the 2200 is also good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishNET Posted November 17, 2004 Author CID Share Posted November 17, 2004 Security on the 2200 is also good My 2200 is just running as a bridge, the Netgear RP614v2 router does the firewalling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted November 17, 2004 CID Share Posted November 17, 2004 Actually, in the modem page (192.168.1.1) you can configure the firewall. I set it on low all the time since i also have my own Mcafee, but i ran that dslreports test and got a 0 which is the perfect score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishNET Posted November 17, 2004 Author CID Share Posted November 17, 2004 Actually' date=' in the modem page (192.168.1.1) you can configure the firewall. I set it on low all the time since i also have my own Mcafee, but i ran that dslreports test and got a 0 which is the perfect score.[/quote'] Yeah I dont HAVE a 192.168.1.1 since my modems a bridge.... 192.168.0.1 is the netgear/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted November 18, 2004 CID Share Posted November 18, 2004 I never got the consept of brigde and ppoe or whatever it is. When i set my modem of bridge, it just wouldnt work lol. I didnt know what i was doing. But its always good to have extra secutiry. And i get it with the 2200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishNET Posted November 18, 2004 Author CID Share Posted November 18, 2004 I never got the consept of brigde and ppoe or whatever it is. When i set my modem of bridge' date=' it just wouldnt work lol. I didnt know what i was doing. But its always good to have extra secutiry. And i get it with the 2200[/quote'] Bridge mode basically makes the modem do the connecting, and the router do the rest (assigning IPs, routing packets, logging into the network, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted November 18, 2004 CID Share Posted November 18, 2004 No wonder lol, i got no router! Im a genius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcd88 Posted March 18, 2005 CID Share Posted March 18, 2005 I just signed up with verizon and got the westell versalink. So far I haven't had any problems such as my connection dropping. Hope I just didn't jynx myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verizon User Posted April 3, 2005 CID Share Posted April 3, 2005 Westell 2200 is the way to go. No problems since i got it (except if you connect it through USB then you have to forward ports lol) Hey, I'm new here and I just read ur message and I'm connceting through USB, and my upload and d/l rate is really low like 44kb/s. Is there anyway that I can boost my speed? I can't use mny ethernet port cuz it's broken (I hate Dell, w/ passion, this comp is shit!!!!) And I forwarded my ports but it's still slow. Marcin541 Plzzzzz reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicmen247 Posted April 3, 2005 CID Share Posted April 3, 2005 :I've signed up with verizon and haven't seemed to have to much problems. I too don't get the bridge concept and even with the short explanation I seen. I have a westell 327W not quite sure that it's the greatest but for now it works. I want to know how I can setup my different email account through one browser or is there a better browser that IE? If the email is a free account such as yahoo, can you still find out their income/outgoing IPA? This place is awesome and get a great deal of info. by coming here. So for this amateur computer/net user you guys are doing a great Job. This were the stats for downloads and could someone please explain what exactly an upload is? I'm assuming it's the process of sharing files with someone else. (ex. Winmx) and why does it take so darn long the other person to get their crap. Anyhow I get a message a my UDP not setup or don't have any ports??????? You guys help this amateur, please!!!! Another ??? Why is my connection referred and and LAN and is not referred to by WINXP as a Broadband. Isn't that what DSL/router/modem is. HEEEELLLLLLLP??? :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1253 Kbps about 1.3 Mbps (tested with 579 KB) Download Speed is:: 153 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sun Mar 27 03:42:50 PST 2005 Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.69 sec Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 99.21 % of your hosts average (157.246) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-35TRAQDIJ 3/28/05 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1277 Kbps about 1.3 Mbps (tested with 1013 KB) Download Speed is:: 156 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Mon Mar 28 04:21:55 PST 2005 Bottom Line:: 23X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.56 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 0.95 % faster than the average for host (157.246) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-YV5G0OB31 Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1281 Kbps about 1.3 Mbps (tested with 579 KB) Download Speed is:: 156 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Mon Mar 28 04:43:10 PST 2005 Bottom Line:: 23X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.56 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 1.03 % faster than the average for host (157.246) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-64QHUCASM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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