Will, I had, what sounds like, the same issue for a long period of time. In the end my issue was not Comcast, though I did use their name in vain many time in the process of figuring out my issue. My problem occurred when I was connected to my office through a VPN. I have Macs, PC and Linux boxes all utilizing the VPN constantly, while my wife works through a different VPN solution at the other end of the house. I was using a Linsys router off of my Moterola Surfboard. From my linksys I have a Cisco 350 wirless access point that connects my wife and kids machines and a long cable to my office hub Linksys. After isolating it to my linksys router, I scrapped my Linksys router for a NetGear router and have had no issues since. That was in October. I am not sure if you and your neighbor both have bad routers, but that was my experience. I hope that is helpful. Stephen Reynolds In a message dated 1/14/2005 3:05:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, will at lovingcomputing.com writes: I'm writing to check with other Comcast users in the Pioneer Valley area to see if you are experiencing regular connection interruptions. Both my neighbor and I are experiencing momentary disconnects generally every 5-10 minutes but sometimes only several hours apart. The loss of connection is momentary and is quickly re-established. I am most aware of it because I listen to BroadwayWorldRadio.com streaming internet radio and the stream is interrupted and needs to be restarted. I can demonstrate the interruption in any application playing streaming media - iTunes radio, Windows Media Player, Real Player, etc. Both my neighbor and I are using routers (I have a D-Link DI-624, he has an Asante) and NAT to provide access to mixed networks of Macs and PCs. When I connect my cable modem directly to my main computer (G5 2.5Ghz) the dropped connections stopped which would seem to indicate a problem with the router. D-Link replaced the router and we modified settings, but to no avail. My neighbor has not tested the direct connection. I think that the problem must be some sort of connection/negotiation issue between the router and cable modem (a Motorola Surfboard), but I've not had any luck diagnosing it. We've done all the usual things such as replace cables, reset the router and cable modem, I've even done a "crash recovery" on the router which completely reloads the firmware and all settings. Of course, from Comcast's end, everything looks fine... Suggestions or insights would be most welcome. Will Loving Stephen M. Reynolds Principal Technical Project Manager • America Online, Inc. Office: 703-265-1936 • Cell: 240-988-5672 ACCESS Development Management Delivering World Class Solutions for Today's Business Challenges -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20050114/a4b2f989/attachment-0005.html