Nothing your computer does will affect your cable modem
like that.
The symptoms you describe are typical of either:
a) A bad cable line from your cable modem to the cable
box on the house.
b) A malfunctioning cable modem
c) A malfunctioning power supply that's hooked to your
cable modem
d) Poor signal levels or other trouble on your cable
company's end
It's nothing to do with your computer or connection to
the hub. You may be better off reading the forums at
http://www.dslreports.com and/or continuing to work with
your cable company.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello! At home, we have had a cable modem which worked
just fine for 2 or 3
>years. However, this summer, things began going
downhill. I am trying to
>figure out if it is the wiring in our house leading to
the modem or possibly
>something with our computer, and I need your suggestions
please. We have
>tried 2 different hubs and 2 different cable modems and
the same thing
>happens. Sporadically, the cable light on the modem will
either go out
>completely, flicker off and on, or turn red (it is
>supposed to be solid green). It will go for a few days
just fine, then the
>problem will start again and we will be without internet
service for several
>days. The cable guy has been out 4 times and tried
different things. Could
>it possibly be something in our computer making this
happen, like the
>connection of the wire which goes to the hub? It seems
tight, and I have
>tried different wires. I have even tried hooking the
cable modem up directly
>to the computer and bypassing the hub. Still happens.
By the way, our main
>computer is running Windows XP. The other computer is
Win 98. I am not very
>hardware savvy, so I'd really appreciate your help!
>Thanks!
>Mommio
>
>
>.
>
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