[olug] OT: Restarting the Cox Modem

[Noel Leistad]

relating the 4-5 month interval to co-worker: ROLF
2-3 weeks, that may be a little on the short order: scratch head.

Working for a provider, monthly to bi-monthly reboot isn't considered 
abnormal.

We work w/ this stuff daily, I question that even Cox goes so far as to 
place "carrier-grade" cpe. Making an assumption that any hiccups the 
line sees will cause the modem to retrain, possibly at a lower rate?

Running Wildblue at home, Run it till it doesn't work, reboot. Probably 
every 2-3 months. (No CHANCE of WB support VoIP with it's 800-900ms 
latency, so that may add to the reliability issue.)

Just my two-cents....


Thomas D. Williamson wrote:
> In looking at the responses, I am beginning to wonder if a common  
> issue is how the VoIP is maintaining the connection and the modem gets  
> bogged down. I am using SunRocket with a Linksys Router for the VoIP  
> connection. When the modem slowed down I got a dial tone and could  
> call out, the person I was speaking to could apparently hear me, but I  
> had the chopped up voice as if parts of the packets were being dropped.
> 
> Tom Williamson
> 


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