[DM-MUG] Networking and Slower than Molassas

[Bill Davis]

Ray -

Mine didn't have a password.  I don't think you're looking at the cable
modem. Or perhaps Mediacom has started securing them.  Perhaps you can post
a picture of the screen you see somewhere?  Are there any graphics or
company names such as Motorola or Linksys or DLink or Cisco or something?
Or is it just a prompt for a password?

 - Bill


On 7/31/08, Ray Bowler <rbowler at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> This gets me to a screen asking for a password. I have tied the airport
> password, the network password and the mchsi password. They don't work so
> what shoulr work?
>
> On Jul 31, 2008, at Jul 31, 200812:25 PM, Bill Davis wrote:
>
> It could be a Mediacom hardware problem.  I had a situation once or twice
>> where my cable connection was getting noisy and this impacted speed - the
>> noise beyond a certain level caused too may transmission errors.   They had
>> to send someone out to fix it.  Don't know if it was the box on our unit, or
>> a neighborhood routing box or whatever.   Another sign of the problem was
>> that my cable TV connection was getting "snowy".
>>
>> Not sure what cable modem you have, but mine is a "Motorola Surfboard".
>> I have some notes on the last time I had a problem.
>>
>> If you have a Moto Surfboard, try what they told me to do:  Direct your
>> web browser to http://192.168.100.1/   This is the cable modem's
>> configuration and status screen.
>>
>> I was told to click the "Signal" tab and that the signal-to-noise ratio
>> should be in the high 30's or above.  20's is bad.
>>
>> Another time it was just my cable modem going bad.  They replaced it.
>>
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