[G4] Cable Modem and Seeing Activity Thereof

[Alex Hurst]

Anne wrote:

>I got some fast internet service thru my local cable company. It's 
>pretty good, but now and then there's a stalling effect, where web 
>pages don't load on any browser. Only thing that gets things going 
>again seems to be a restart of the computer. With the dialup, I 
>could check the connection status, speed, etc.
>
>How do I check things with the cable modem? I'm thinking the trouble 
>is if one page stalls, somehow the cable modem doesn't realize it 
>shouldn't keep trying forever. I'd like to manually 
>disconnect/reconnect but don't know how.
>

The simplest way to do this is to Google one of the many sites that 
will check modem speeds for free.

'test modem speed free' should get you quite a few.

Then carefully follow the instructions.

As to page hang-ups, this happens occasionally however fast your 
modem. Just click the 'stop loading' button in your browser bar and 
try again.

Best

Alex
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