On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 09:04:57AM -0700, idalton@ferret.phonewave.net wrote: > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 11:21:12AM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > Suddenly it occurred to me that the slowdown I'd started seeing with my > > @home service began occurring right arounf the time I took my LinkSys > > Etherlink II card (uses ne2k-pci driver) out and replaced it with a D-Link > > DFE-530TX+ (uses rtl8139 driver.) So I put it back in and lo and behold! > > my connection is zipping along again. > > > > I still think @home are up to some funny business but for now I'm happy. > > Hehe. Speaking of funny business, I just had @home set up, and the cable > installer never left me a modem manual, and 3com is <sarcasm>being their > usually helpful self again</sarcasm> about offering content obscured in > javascript.[0] > > So I emailed support to ask for a user manual. I'm sent back an > 'individual' boilerplate response suggesting I power-cycle the modem and > reboot my computer. Yeaaaah... What exactly are you hoping to accomplish by acquiring a user manual for your cable modem? Cable modems are completely unlike DSL modems regarding "user-tunable" bits. For better or for worse, most of the cable modem's functionality is meant to be controlled by the cable operator. BTW, I don't believe @Home is forcing anyone to use a proxy (though they like it if you do; it lowers their aggregate demand for external bandwidth.) IMO, most "funny business" with @Home is a result of their rapid growth. Besides, @Home has to depend on the local cable operator to uphold quality considerations for the last mile. Cheers, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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