[NMLUG] comcast customers

[lwwoody at comcast.net (Larry W. Wood)]

On Jun 5, 2004, at 11:45 AM, greg b. tafoya wrote:
> Are any of you comcast cable subscribers experiencing intermittent 
> drops
> in your connection?

I probably wouldn't ever notice a 10 second loss of connection.  The 
only problem I've experienced, and it occurs randomly (can be anytime 
of day or night), but not frequently (probably averages about once 
every two weeks), is what appears to be loss of DNS service.  Can't 
connect to ANY web site.  Error message states that the browser can't 
find the URL.  The solution is:  Wait about five minutes and try again. 
  This has always worked.

I just figured that Comcast was performing maintenance, modifying or 
updating their DNS servers.  I don't know why both the primary and 
backup have to go down at the same time, though.  Now this could, 
actually, be a loss of connection, but I get no indication at the 
console, and no entry into my router log of a dropped connection (it 
would have to get a new DHCP lease, therefore a log entry).

I'm using MacOSX (based on Free/Open BSD), and am located in Four 
Hills.  The particular problem you mention may be area specific, who 
knows, and I don't know where you are located.     --  Woody