Whenever you see that much packet loss on a local network, it's usually mismatched duplex. Jay -----Original Message----- From: Adam Maloney [mailto:adamm at sihope.com] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 7:20 AM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG:2254] Cable modem is ripping me off How is that working for you? One of the tenants in our building bought an ethernet connection to us, and they're using a Netgear ethernet router as their gateway. I kid you not, the thing drops every other packet. We opened a dos prompt on their win server and ran a ping, 50% packet loss. Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, BT wrote: > I picked up a netgear Gateway Router box and a net hub, got the hub with my nic cards, > the router lets use as many boxes as I want. > > Apu wrote: > > > I used to run two boxes using cable modem and a small hub, but recently I observed > > that I cannot use them both at the same time for internet. When I called them they > > told me that I have to purchase another IP for $15 per month. (which is kinda high on > > top of $50). > > > > Anyone has any good suggestion for me, how to make this work or a better service from > > somewhere else? > > > > Apu > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org