[ale] large file downloads & Comcast

[Steve Tynor]

Also, try moving the cablemodem away from your router / PC's.  Back when 
I was a Comcast customer, I had a problem with interference with my 
netgear router (or it may have been a vonage "modem" or an IPCOP pc -- 
it's been too long that I don't remember exactly what the network config 
was back then). Moving the cablemodem a foot or two away solved the 
cable flakiness (I think we were seeing lots of packet loss).

Steve


On 10/4/2006 3:14 PM, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 14:05 -0400, Bob Toxen wrote:
>> That's Comcast!  I have the same problem.  It is not your equipment.
>> It's why I'm switching.
> 
> Check the temp of the cable modem. I have a friend with similar issue.
> Things work OK for short bursts but the box get HOT with long accesses.
> He had a 'fridge close by so we plopped it in and it ran DVD downloads
> all night with no more errors.