[lug] Can't DL with comcast.

[Peter Hutnick]

John Hernandez said:
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> Peter Hutnick wrote:
> | I just went from dialup to Comcast cable.  For some reason I can't |
> download any files over ~3mb.
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> | I have gigs of disk free.  I can browse the web.  (In fact I can serve
> a | web site).  I can get mail with fetchmail, and send mail with
> sendmail | (that's right, they don't block outbound 25).
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> Have you eliminated from consideration any of the components in the
> system?  Have you tried a different computer?  Replaced the ethernet
> cable?  Can you remove an ethernet switch from the mix (connect to cable
> modem directly)?  Once you isolate a component, it will be
> easier to begin troubleshooting by focusing on the broken piece.

It is actually their ethernet cable :-P

And it is the only thing between the cablemodem and the workstation.

> Personally, I'd take a laptop (using a different ethernet cable), and
> plug it directly into the cable modem.  If it still doesn't work, it's a
> Comcast problem, unless you own the cable modem.  If it works, start
> re-introducing your own components one at a time until it breaks.

Good call.  I'll throw my laptop on there (if I can find the ethernet card
.. . . been using 802.11b exclusively for the last six months!).

-Peter