Upcoming server downtime
OK, as most of you know, Im changing my connection speed to 3.0Mbps / 768Kbps, which should definately make this place faster, but it also means up to an hour or so of downtime while I set up the new modem, forward ports in the new router, and work out minor bugs afterwards.
Im going to also use my existing router as a switch (IF POSSIBLE) instead of using the hub, and Ill keep the hub in my room for my computers there... BUT I may set it all up, then realize that the router doesnt want to work as a switch and have to reconfig everything all over again... so there could be several hours of downtime while I figure it all out for a few days after I begin messing with it, which is any time this week...
So if you try to go to the forum and it times out, thats most likely whats going on...
Im going to also use my existing router as a switch (IF POSSIBLE) instead of using the hub, and Ill keep the hub in my room for my computers there... BUT I may set it all up, then realize that the router doesnt want to work as a switch and have to reconfig everything all over again... so there could be several hours of downtime while I figure it all out for a few days after I begin messing with it, which is any time this week...
So if you try to go to the forum and it times out, thats most likely whats going on...
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But it could go up and down several times, and the page never get setup again for the new times... its not going to be down for an hour then back up... its going to go up and down several times untill I figure it all out, which could be up to but not limited to a week.
This is a netgear were talking about.. it doesnt want to do half the crap I want.. So Im doing to set the westell to uplink on one of the ports, then plug the netgear into it, and disable DHCP on the netgear... And see if that works
But its also spywarezzz
-Q
So when will be that downtime?
-Q
PS. That reminds me! I've gotta call Comcast!
Right...
-Q
5:49 A.M.
LAWNSIDE, NJ, US
OUT FOR DELIVERY
New modem / router should be here TODAY. Expect an outage this evening / afternoon. Anytime from 3-12 tonight, but it could be tomorrow or the next day that the forum comes back if I cant figure out the port fowarding easily. It looks pretty easy on Westell's site...
So far the routers working fine, and the old one and modem is sitting in my Verizon-related box.
I do like some things about this new modem, like the fact that its got the router built in and can forward ports WITHOUT restarting!
And the status page is cool! Ill post screenies later, but heres a preview!
DSL Connect Rate (Down/Up) 3360 KBits/Sec by 864 KBits/Sec