[wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)

[Jamie Baddeley]

I finally worked this out.

Word to the wise. It seems that Linux (specifically debian sarge) has
problems autonegotiating with Motorola modems. My system had no such
problems with the older com21. Using a realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ NIC
(i.e. a DSE special)

setting the eth card to HD solved the problem. i.e mii-diag -F
10BaseT-FD

Maybe if the install tech had known to check that when he installed, he
could have saved us all some time...


jamie

On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 19:43, Jamie Baddeley wrote:
> I'm currently going through hell on Paradise's cable network.
> 
> It all started when my com21 based connection started reporting ~300ms
> delay and ~50% packet loss.
> 
> The answer from TelstraClear was to replace this with a Motorola Docsis
> based modem. This was duly done.
> 
> Since then the best connection I have managed is 128kbps (I pay for
> 2Mbps). I have spent over an 1.5 hrs on the phone and they still can't
> fix it. I am now told I need to wait till monday.
> 
> what part of service don't they understand?
> 
> jamie
>