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Siuko · 31-03-2006, 19:35

I think this might be related to the nottingham issues....

My problems started tuesday night once I got home and logged on - about 4pm

I knew they were doing some upgrades / maintenance in the derby area (close to nottingham) early morning tuesday and also on thursday.

I noticed that my ip address has changed from an 81.* address to an 82.* address.

Since that time ( and its still doing it now) my connection drops randomly... I checked my router to see how often it did this and it seems fairly random here are some of the times between drops.

80 mins, 6 mins, 5.30mins,9.50mins,5.10 mins.

It only ever seems to drop the connection if something is happening on it. It was up all night when no bandwdith up or down was going through.

Now I'm back on it again and its randomly dropping every so often.

When it drops the send and recieve lights on the NTL 250 cable modem (that was installed about 2 months ago btw) stop flashing but the sync light stays on. Approx 20-30 seconds later it all comes back to life. The drop makes me lose connection to WoW, irc, teamspeak etc most of the time so it is getting very irratating.

Phoned Tech Support who are sending an engineer out saturday to have a look. Seems a wierd coincidence that others are having this sort of issue and that it never did this on the 81.* address.

Anyone shed any light?

31-03-2006, 19:35	#18
Siuko Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Derby, UK Posts: 63	Re: What happened to the speed ? I think this might be related to the nottingham issues.... My problems started tuesday night once I got home and logged on - about 4pm I knew they were doing some upgrades / maintenance in the derby area (close to nottingham) early morning tuesday and also on thursday. I noticed that my ip address has changed from an 81.* address to an 82.* address. Since that time ( and its still doing it now) my connection drops randomly... I checked my router to see how often it did this and it seems fairly random here are some of the times between drops. 80 mins, 6 mins, 5.30mins,9.50mins,5.10 mins. It only ever seems to drop the connection if something is happening on it. It was up all night when no bandwdith up or down was going through. Now I'm back on it again and its randomly dropping every so often. When it drops the send and recieve lights on the NTL 250 cable modem (that was installed about 2 months ago btw) stop flashing but the sync light stays on. Approx 20-30 seconds later it all comes back to life. The drop makes me lose connection to WoW, irc, teamspeak etc most of the time so it is getting very irratating. Phoned Tech Support who are sending an engineer out saturday to have a look. Seems a wierd coincidence that others are having this sort of issue and that it never did this on the 81.* address. Anyone shed any light?