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15th February 2013, 19:37 | #1 |
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AT & T 2-Wire modem
My ethernet green light is flashing very-very rapidly on an ATT supplied modem #2701 HB and the green bars on bottom of page are flashing rapidly on Planet Suzy & driving me nuts. It just started today. However the internet connection is working well for this site and all my others.
What's with the very rapidly flashing green light on the modem?? (Gateway Desktop/Windows XP/ATT DSL. |
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15th February 2013, 20:45 | #2 |
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not too sure but if the modem keeps rebooting it the power adapter. Had that problem not a fan of att 2 wire. Customer service was horrible on hold for 2 hours and 4 transfer later they told me the power cord but didnt have any in stock. I went to the att store bought new modem switch wire and return it
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16th February 2013, 00:22 | #3 |
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been a while since we had ATT DSL, which uses the 2-wire modem they supply, so can't help you too much
you should check with ATT DSL Techs, they are fairly decent in checking things out PS ATT is converting over to U-Verse, and will do away with DSL, not sure when though PS PS DSL is shared access, why it's speeds vary so much, and could explain why it flashes And it could just be indicating that your ethernet connection is working, too
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Rapid flashing = lots of activity If you're downloading a bunch of stuff, or streaming video or audio in the background while you're surfing, etc. ... in other words, if you can reasonably explain why there's a lot of internet activity, then carry on. If, on the other hand, you really don't think you're doing much to warrant a lot of internet traffic, I would proceed as follows: 1) Unplug the network cable from your machine (or if you're attached wirelessly, temporarily disable your wireless connection). 2) Observe the lights. If the flashing stopped, then there's a very good chance that your computer is infected with a virus (most likely a mass-mailing, spamming worm). Scan it immediately just to be safe. I'd be surprised if something didn't turn up. If the flashing does not stop, then there's a very good chance that somebody (perhaps a neighbor) is piggy-backing off of your internet connection and stealing your bandwidth. The easiest way to deal with this is to simply change your wireless key (hopefully you're using WPA or WPA2 and not WEP). Although I've been known to do much nastier things to people who've tried this! Having dealt with both situations ... neither is the end of the world. But if you do indeed have a mailing worm or something else that's spamming filth across the internet, you need to take care of it soon ... or your ISP will take care of it for you by shutting down your connection. Good luck and keep us posted. --JB |
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