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Arachnid · 17-12-2006, 17:31

Hey, I've just returned from Uni for xmas and am thus back to 4mb NTL cable modem bollox as usual. I came back to discover that every 2 to 5mins i get an error message from windows saying "a network cable is unplugged" (as i am writing this its done it already) and then the ethernet light turns off on the modem. All internet activity will stop, msn signs out, IRC disconnects, downloads will end etc. The ethernet light then comes back on about 10seconds later and windows goes about "acquiring network address" and finds the usual IP etc.

This does not happen in Nottingham when I am at university so I assume it will be the fault of the modem or something at NTL's end.

Any help would be appreciated, I have emailed NTL and had no reply as of yet.

Thanks

17-12-2006, 17:31	#1
Arachnid Inactive Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5	Intermittent connection Hey, I've just returned from Uni for xmas and am thus back to 4mb NTL cable modem bollox as usual. I came back to discover that every 2 to 5mins i get an error message from windows saying "a network cable is unplugged" (as i am writing this its done it already) and then the ethernet light turns off on the modem. All internet activity will stop, msn signs out, IRC disconnects, downloads will end etc. The ethernet light then comes back on about 10seconds later and windows goes about "acquiring network address" and finds the usual IP etc. This does not happen in Nottingham when I am at university so I assume it will be the fault of the modem or something at NTL's end. Any help would be appreciated, I have emailed NTL and had no reply as of yet. Thanks