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[jim hardy]

Well Well Well !

a new DSL box from my ISP has cured a host of problems, this one included (knock on wood).

My Westell 6100 DSL modem and DLINK DIR-601 router were somehow at fault.
A Westell 7500 combo modem/router outed them as co-conspirators working together to push me over the edge.
They very nearly made it, see end of post #28.

Cured a host of other problems too. It appears they were set up to not allow internet streaming devices, and to randomly change passwords.

Offending modem/router are hereby pronounced guilty and await sentencing.
Suggestions ?

old jim

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

a new DSL box from my ISP has cured a host of problems, this one included (knock on wood).

Good news!

Suggestions ?

Take it out back with a baseball bat :)

 

[jim hardy]

Take it out back with a baseball bat :)

i prefer 8 lb maul see https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/today-i-learned.783257/page-23#post-5095755

but i think first i'll remove their power connectors to install in the back of old CB radios.
that should be suitably humiliating..

i'm mad at my isp, too , turns out they've known for a couple years my modem was obsolete

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

i'm mad at my isp, too , turns out they've known for a couple years my modem was obsolete

I had that a few years ago. My connection was getting unreliable and I call the ISP and they tell me my modem is too old.

 

[jim hardy]

It's baaaccckkkk... EE forum, how to measure current welding...

shutdown and restart browser without logging out of PF worked ,
it didnt keep my post (thank goodness, else it'd have put up multiple copies)
tracert didnt wake it up this time though it did reach PF.