[nylug-talk] road-runner + linuxOnly + wireless AP

[Faye Barth]

Good afternoon,
         I use RR (have had it for 3 years+ and love it).  While my network 
is not wireless , I have 2 'puters: one homebuilt Linux box and one Windoze 
(XP).  I use a router.  While it is true that RR won't give you any advice 
on Linux-related connection issues, and (the few times I had connection 
problems), they whined about me not having the modem connected directly into 
my windoze box and about me not having installed their proprietary software 
on that box (not needed), I've had only rare problems, and all but one 
turned out to be more of a temporary network issue.  Only time I really had 
trouble that came from inside my apartment, was caused by one of my coax 
connectors (at the splitter) becoming slightly loose; something I fixed 
myself after the RR tech told me (on the phone) that the problem was in my 
apartment.
As for the modem lights, (if you have the oval-shaped type with 5 lights),  
when everything is working fine, you should have the top two lit steady, one 
blinking rapidly, one off, then the bottom lit steady.  If you see only two 
lights (1st and 4th) lit steady, you have a problem.  That 4th (from the 
top) light should only be lit when the modem is  POSTing.   Faye Barth