skyblueoz
06-08-2007, 09:40
We live in coventry and are with VM, formerly ntl. And we have a silver ntl:home modem.
The majority of the time, this connection is used by myself for gaming with a xbox 360, but then if we want to use the pc we reboot the modem and connect that instead. Previously that all worked fine, but now problems have been arising.
When I reboot the modem, instead of the SYNC and RDY lights being on, I get the RDY light flashing fast and the D/S light flashing slower and it takes several attempts to get the modem to reboot properly. Even more recently though I have found that when starting my Xbox in the morning, I have no connection and when I check the modem, I get the same sequence of lights. This is without anyone touching the modem in anyway. Last week I actuall lost my connection at 01:30 while I was still playing and everyone else was in bed. (The modem is in a seperate room and could not have been knocked in any way.)
I also believe that are internet connection is a lot slower than before. Whilst using my xbox, navigating the menu blades can be slow or freeze. (this does not happen when not connected to the servers.) and also our internet browsing seems to have slowed right down. Sometimes pictures and whole pages will freeze or take forever to load.
I think the speed is the lowest available, 1mb?, as my parents who pay the bill do not use the net very much and don't want to pay a fortune!
Being a total noob with all this technical stuff, I would appreciate any help/advice on what is happening and what can be done about it.
Thanks in advance,
Sky.
The majority of the time, this connection is used by myself for gaming with a xbox 360, but then if we want to use the pc we reboot the modem and connect that instead. Previously that all worked fine, but now problems have been arising.
When I reboot the modem, instead of the SYNC and RDY lights being on, I get the RDY light flashing fast and the D/S light flashing slower and it takes several attempts to get the modem to reboot properly. Even more recently though I have found that when starting my Xbox in the morning, I have no connection and when I check the modem, I get the same sequence of lights. This is without anyone touching the modem in anyway. Last week I actuall lost my connection at 01:30 while I was still playing and everyone else was in bed. (The modem is in a seperate room and could not have been knocked in any way.)
I also believe that are internet connection is a lot slower than before. Whilst using my xbox, navigating the menu blades can be slow or freeze. (this does not happen when not connected to the servers.) and also our internet browsing seems to have slowed right down. Sometimes pictures and whole pages will freeze or take forever to load.
I think the speed is the lowest available, 1mb?, as my parents who pay the bill do not use the net very much and don't want to pay a fortune!
Being a total noob with all this technical stuff, I would appreciate any help/advice on what is happening and what can be done about it.
Thanks in advance,
Sky.