Since...oh, Friday maybe, I've been having almost no luck getting online. Well, I can get online otherwise I wouldn't be posting this, but pages take an insanely long time to load (sometimes not at all).
ISP: Comcast *feh*
Computer: HP laptop running Vista, up to date as far as I know
Date problem started: 9/17. Up until now I have had no issues whatsoever with internet (and yes my bill is paid up ^_^).
I do have Wireshark (packet sniffer) on the laptop, mainly installed in the attempt to catch any of the reset packets Comcast is not supposed to be using (so far this month I've been reset on eight occasions where there was no need to do so). I've noticed very little actual HTTP traffic, 98% of what I see is a storm of ARP broadcasts (machines trying to find each other) coming from the gateway I'm supposed to be using.
I'd like to narrow the problem down a bit more before I try to call again; would it be possible or advisable for me to force use of a different gateway?
My mom in the same neighborhood has also been reporting problems; later today I'll see if my computer works any better using her connection.
Thoughts as to what the issue could be? It doesn't seem as if the problem is on my end...
ISP: Comcast *feh*
Computer: HP laptop running Vista, up to date as far as I know
Date problem started: 9/17. Up until now I have had no issues whatsoever with internet (and yes my bill is paid up ^_^).
I do have Wireshark (packet sniffer) on the laptop, mainly installed in the attempt to catch any of the reset packets Comcast is not supposed to be using (so far this month I've been reset on eight occasions where there was no need to do so). I've noticed very little actual HTTP traffic, 98% of what I see is a storm of ARP broadcasts (machines trying to find each other) coming from the gateway I'm supposed to be using.
I'd like to narrow the problem down a bit more before I try to call again; would it be possible or advisable for me to force use of a different gateway?
My mom in the same neighborhood has also been reporting problems; later today I'll see if my computer works any better using her connection.
Thoughts as to what the issue could be? It doesn't seem as if the problem is on my end...
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