I have been having reliability issues with my internet connection. Basic setup is a Charternet-supplied Motorola modem connected to our cable from the outside. Within the house I use wifi rather than cable, using an Apple “Airport Extreme” as a basestation, supplemented with two small Airport Express as signal boosters (and one of them is connected to a printer and also to my stereo amp Aux input jack, giving me a means to “Airplay” my iTunes collection without needing to listen to my computer’s speakers). So, modem -> basestation -> boosters -> computer in the back room.
For at least a year now I have been having issues with a dropped connection to the internet. For most of that time I have been blaming it on either the cable system or on the cable modem. Powering off and restarting the modem (and basestation) seemed to work most of the time. But then lately it was getting much worse, to the point that I was losing the connection within a few hours of a reset. I knew it wasn’t an issue with one or both of the boosters because the lack of connectivity showed up even when using a tablet or laptop in the living room within a few feet of the basestation. Sunday I suddenly realized that the basestation itself was possibly at fault! Yesterday I received from B&H a new Airport Extreme basestation (6th Gen) to replace my old Airport Extreme basestation (2nd Gen). Life is good. I am once again living in the fast lane… I am still a bit baffled as my naive expectation is that electronic gear will either go bad within weeks of purchase or it will last forever. But apart from a major speed boost coming with the move from 2nd to 6th Generation, the changeover seems to have also taken care of the reliability issue. So I guess even electronics wear out. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
