The digital lifestyle is great, except when something goes wrong, and with technology in the mix thats always a possibility. Last night seeminlgy out of nowhere I lost my Internet connection, but this time I couldn't get it back up. I went through the normal routine of shutting off and restarting everything in the normal pattern but to no avail I couldnt get back on the net. Everything was working well within the network so I thought all was well on my equipment side.
After what seemed like an eterninty of tech support with three different Comcast techs (although I wouldnt call the first guy a tech so much as a script reader) it was finally determined that it was my router in fact that was having a little trouble. It seemed all was well on the LAN and the Internet was connected but the cable modem and the router weren't talking therefore the net wasn't reaching the LAN.
So after a late night trip to Wal-Mart during which I picked up the Linksys wireless G 4 port router things got back up and running. So far most things seem to be working well or a little better, some things havnet really been tested yet and a few little hicups got me worried but only time will tell. The biggest adaption was disableing the wi fi on the router since I am using a Linksys Wireless G access point as well.
It was one of those nights (dosn't it always happen at night when all the stores are closed!) where that reliance on the Internet and the network really shows, I needed to get my network back up and running, like it was my lifeblood.
The funny thing was as I was ending my converstaion with the Comcast tech he asked "would you like the tech support number to Linksys?", I kindly said, absoulutly not! If my router is in fact done, its put in 6 good years of work, and there is no way I'm getting back on the phone with tech support tonight!
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