On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 01:32:31PM -0500, M Christol wrote: > I connect to the internet through an ISP provided Cisco 675 > connected to an Airport base station > It seems to have crapped out a couple times lately. > Does it have some kind of internal log I can access through the Airport? > Turning it off for a minute & turning it back on isn't "rebooting" > it. I have left it off for most of a day before it connects again. > It is old. I think I was using a 266 mhz G3 when I first got it.
Wow, talk about a blast from the past! In late college/early pre-college I worked for an ISP that had a ton of 675's then 678's out in the field. The 675 was really the first DSL "CPE" that was readily available, circa 1998-ish. Anyway, this was common back then. What happens is that either the internal flash becomes slightly corrupt and/or the log files fill up. We would flash a new (or the same) version of CBOS on them and it would cure it. I'm taking a wild guess that your ISP probably doesn't have that available, and also likely has no idea what CBOS even is! Too bad, the 675 was a great little router. My suggestion would be to talk to your ISP and see if they'd support a replacement CPE. The Cisco 87x series is the modern equivalent of the 675, and is a tank. However, most modern CPE will be leaps and bounds faster than your 675 as that is still constrained to CAP encapsulation on the DSL, limiting speed significantly. Ben b...@mac-geek.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
