[Tfug] modem and router combo

[christopher floess]

Man, this is getting annoying. My internet just keeps going
in and out. Reboots don't have anything to do with it.
Yesterday while I was on the phone with the tech, the I
lost my connection and regained no less than three times
the good thing about it is that she was able to see all of
this, so I wasn't talked to like I must be crazy.

I've clicked the links for some of the routers in this list
of messages, but right now I'm waiting for my connection
to come back. I just hope the modem is the problem.

On 10/26/07, Earl <earljviolet at juno.com> wrote:
> Now they include a 2-wire, or at the last couple I set up did.  It makes the Actiontec look great.
>
> Earl
>
>
> "God made man, Sam Colt made men equal."
> "The fates guide him who will, him who won't they drag" Spengler
>
> -- "Jim March" <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Qwest DSL standard install uses a crude little Actiontech
> (spelling?) DSL modem with a WiFi antenna (that's usually disabled)
> and primitive routing to a single Ethernet port.  Oh, and USB if you
> want (not for Linux though unless you're a masochist).
>
> Beast Buy has an Actiontech DSL modem/router that's more advanced -
> true router, four Ethernet ports out, WiFi with full WPA/etc. security
> for $90 last I checked - and Qwest DOES support that thing no problem.
>
> But that's a rare situation.  A much more common situation with cable
> or DSL is that the ISP only supports those "house-brand" modems they
> distribute.  From there you run Ethernet to an external router of some
> sort.
>
> If you buy a cable modem with integrated router from some other source
> there's no guarantee you'll get it working and no possibility of
> support from the ISP.
>
> Hence it's almost always easier to deal with the situation with two
> boxes: modem and router.
>
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