Re: Wi-Fi mystery

sounds like work being done at Comcast. When mine goes out that is about the
time.
the next time it happens call Comcast and see what they say. I love to call
companies
and complain at 2 am. BTW I live in the Pittsburgh area.
"timcole" <timcole.33yoi6@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in message
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> Nearly a year ago I installed a wireless network in my home; then, last
> April, I had Comcast come in and install their VOIP along with my
> Internet and Cable TV. After many problems, I still have one unresolved
> issue:
> I have a cheapo LinkSys WRT54GS router which performs adequately the
> house. I have a desktop running XP which is wired directly to the
> router (which in turn is cabled directly into the Comcast modem). I
> have a new laptop (Gateway) running Vista which has its own internal
> wi-fi card. Most of the time, everything works perfectly; while my wife
> sleeps in the bedroom with the desktop, router, and Comcast modem, I can
> work late into the night downstairs on the laptop -- well, almost late
> into the night.
> And here is the mystery: Many nights, often around 2 am, I lose both
> network and Internet connectivity. Not every night and never during the
> day or earlier than 10 pm. Going through the repair or reconnect
> routine never works; rebooting never works; using the "Trouble Shooter"
> never works. I simply give up and go to bed. When I get up in the
> morning (6 or 7 am) everything is back to normal. When this happens, I
> check my cable tv and my phone line, but they are always working fine.
> If Comcast had lost its cable or interupted the signal for some cable
> work, I should lose all three services, shouldn't I? And if the
> Internet goes down for whatever reason, shouldn't the home network
> continue working? Why both? And why is it back to normal the next
> morning?
> I don't think I can blame Comcast for this one. I think it's the
> LinkSys router, but I can't afford to go out and buy another one just
> now, and I don't understand why it should be happening consistently
> between midnight and 6 am. And it doesn't happen every night -- there
> is no pattern to the days of occurrence; it could be five days in a
> row, it could skip a day or two, it could be on Monday morning or
> Saturday morning or thursday morning.
> I'm baffled!! I know of no setup in the Linksys configuration that
> would cause this.
> But one change has occurred: until about three days ago, my taskbar
> icons would suddenly flash and tell me that network and Internet
> connectivity had been interupted, now they don't. I simply lose
> connectivity, but my network, Internet, and wi-fi monitors now claim
> that my signal is strong and that I'm connected, even though I'm not.
> So now I'm wondering if some geeky tech at Comcast is tweaking the
> system at a time when he thinks nobody will notice, or is some LinkSys
> witchery at play?
> I sincerely hope somebody has read this all the way through and has
> some ideas or even an answer, because I'm not going to get any sleep
> until I understand what's going on.
> TIA,
> Tim :confused:
>
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