We had a bad electrical storm last Wednesday and several things in my house are now fried (outlets, freezer, sprinkler system). Since Wednesday, my Internet has been weird. Normally it works well consistently but since Wednesday it has not worked at times but then been fine other times. Can a router (mine is a time capsule) work intermittently? It's seems like it should either work or not but I'm getting frustrated with the randomness.
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Stephanie - Jun 11, 2012 5:42:19 am PDT #20243 of 25501
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Gudanov - Jun 11, 2012 5:53:07 am PDT #20244 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Yeah, it can flap if it's been damaged. Hardware can do all sorts of funky things. Could be upstream if the service provider is having problems since the storm, so you might want to give them a call and see if there any known issues.
Ginger - Jun 11, 2012 6:28:49 am PDT #20245 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It's possible your cable or phone lines were damaged too. As an example of how random it can be, when my house was hit by lightning, it fried the modem through the phone line, but the rest of the computer was fine. It also took out the television; vcr; all the phones; the dryer (which was running) but not washer; and, in a completely random gesture, the toaster.
NoiseDesign - Jun 11, 2012 6:54:53 am PDT #20246 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Gud, it is looking like I can do that. I'm now working out how I go about configuring thing on both the Dreamhost end as well as the dyn.com and and then it appears I can also do a configuration on the main airport extreme in the system to deal with the automatic updating. I'm mainly being extra cautious because I know that a DNS configuration error can bring my whole connection down.
Tom Scola - Jun 11, 2012 7:32:12 am PDT #20247 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Drew, I do DNS in my sleep. If you want, I can check your configuration before you deploy anything. Or if you want to wait a couple of weeks, I can set it up for you.
Tom Scola - Jun 11, 2012 7:45:24 am PDT #20248 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
NoiseDesign - Jun 11, 2012 7:48:14 am PDT #20249 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Nice. I am hopeful about new MacBook Air announcements. Mine is due for an upgrade and I want a retina display.
le nubian - Jun 11, 2012 7:51:10 am PDT #20250 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, I need a new desktop this summer and a new macbook air. so I'm interested in the announcements.
Tom Scola - Jun 11, 2012 8:24:00 am PDT #20251 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Not seeing any retina screens (yet).
Tom Scola - Jun 11, 2012 8:26:19 am PDT #20252 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
OK, spoke too soon.