Well... I'm brand new to broadband, so any answers will
have to be at the noob level.
I have cable internet access through Time Warner. They're
using a Motorolla cable modem, and I installed a NetGear router.
I also use the free version of Zone Alarm.
I've had the broadband service for about two weeks, and
everything has been great. It was incredibly fast up until
last night.
Wednesday night I fired up Kazza Lite, and set it up to download
some files, along with sharing a bunch of files that I had. Things
were downloading at a pretty good rate. Thursday morning I noticed
that some of the larger files hadn't finished yet, so I left Kazza up
while I was at work.
When I got home, I shut down Kazza and attempted to surf
the web normally. I couldn't get ANYWHERE. Every page took
five minutes to load, if it would load at all. I'm talking DOS attack
slow.
I removed my router, no difference. I tested my NIC, it tested
fine. I called Time Warner, they said the line looked fine, "maybe
it's just net congestion..." Yeah right. I shut down Zone Alarm, no difference.
Zone Alarm doesn't seem to be reporting any abnormal behavior.
So... What else can I check for? How do I check to see if someone
is attacking me, if that's even possible since I have
the router and Zone Alarm.
If you don't think it's an attack, what are the symptoms of a failing
modem, or NIC? Do they simply fail, or do they slow WAY down like this?
By the way... my dial-up access works just fine.
Sorry about the length... thanks for the help.
have to be at the noob level.
I have cable internet access through Time Warner. They're
using a Motorolla cable modem, and I installed a NetGear router.
I also use the free version of Zone Alarm.
I've had the broadband service for about two weeks, and
everything has been great. It was incredibly fast up until
last night.
Wednesday night I fired up Kazza Lite, and set it up to download
some files, along with sharing a bunch of files that I had. Things
were downloading at a pretty good rate. Thursday morning I noticed
that some of the larger files hadn't finished yet, so I left Kazza up
while I was at work.
When I got home, I shut down Kazza and attempted to surf
the web normally. I couldn't get ANYWHERE. Every page took
five minutes to load, if it would load at all. I'm talking DOS attack
slow.
I removed my router, no difference. I tested my NIC, it tested
fine. I called Time Warner, they said the line looked fine, "maybe
it's just net congestion..." Yeah right. I shut down Zone Alarm, no difference.
Zone Alarm doesn't seem to be reporting any abnormal behavior.
So... What else can I check for? How do I check to see if someone
is attacking me, if that's even possible since I have
the router and Zone Alarm.
If you don't think it's an attack, what are the symptoms of a failing
modem, or NIC? Do they simply fail, or do they slow WAY down like this?
By the way... my dial-up access works just fine.
Sorry about the length... thanks for the help.