Saturday, March 14, 2009

Internet is DOWN!

Lately there's a lots of problem with the internet. Mainly is due to the ISP (TmNet).

This interrupt my everyday activities like checking mails, facebooking, download movie/song, surf for  information, work from home, etc etc...

So that's why i don't have the mood to blog till now. The Internet is getting stable and i thought (at last! back to normal). But... last few days the connection seems weird. i can surf for awhile.... and got totally cut off! can't even ping any website. And this is resolved everytime i restarted my modem. I thought maybe its some exceptional case, so i just ignore it.

This problem still happening after several day and that's IT! It's not something that happen only once in a blue moon. Something must have goes wrong. So after several testing getting my hand dirty with all the several month accumulated dust laying on the modem, router and cables i finally found out that my modem is at the "to be kong(dead)" stage. My modem will just disconnect my router even with DHCP or static configuration.

So i drive all the way to low yat today to get a new modem. It's pretty hard to find a modem only device. Normally they come with router/router (wireless). Since i already have a wireless router, i don't need to spend extra bucks to get one with both.

This is the one going to be dead.
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This is the new modem. Linksys AM300 purchase at Sri Computer Low Yat @ RM119.
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

"So that's why i don't have the mood to blog till now."

the last time u blog was 14th december... u had 3 months of bad connectivity... wow~

ckming said...

haha... now u know how bad is our streamyx =D

Anonymous said...

Technical support: Sir, please turn off your modem. Unplugged all network cables. Wait for 3 months. After 3 months, get a new modem an wallah! You're back online.

Anonymous said...

LOL 3 mths no wonder I can see dust on your old toy.

julieann said...

really a lot of dust... no wonder the internet down... cuz u never "clean" da spiderwebs... :P

ckming said...

eh...i thought it should be spider web resistant?? no ah =D

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