MacBozo
Nut Dood
Registered: 04/20/02
Posts: 16605
Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida
I wonder if it's the modem or something wrong with your provider. I had a similar issue a month or so ago and it took two service calls to get it resolved - it was a problem with the local node.
They said that they can see that the internet signal is coming to my house. There is an issue of signal noise making my upload S L O W. (reason I called them in the first place)
Now with this new problem, they suggested that I get a new modem and test it out to eliminate that problem.
Well, by the time I borrow a modem by driving out to my parents house, drive back, hook it up, register it with my ISP, test it out, drive back to my parents house to return it, then drive back...
I could easily instead stop by BestBuy on my way home & get one. If it turns out it's not the modem, I can return it to bestbuy at my convenience.
I have exactly the same modem and a Linksys wireless router. My computer was taking forever to do things also. I unplugged both items and let them sit for about a minute. Everything came back to normal. I am sure you have done this but just in case, that is my 2cents.
In your address bar, type in 192.168.100.1. Hit Return of course. You will be in the modem configuration.
What kind of numbers are you getting? Click on Signal, what's your downstream and upstream levels?
Downstream should be 0v + or - 10v, and upstream not sure, I think 20 - 40 or something, but it's the down that affects downloads and the most important. If it's really low or high it's probably the lines outside.
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