[PLUG] befuddled again

[Jim Karlock]

I see some possibilities not mentioned so far (unless I missed it):

1. Something changed in the modem. I worked around my problem by 
removing the modem from the list of addresses in Linus and pointing 
primary and secondary addresses to the ISP.

2. The ISP changed something.

Thanks
JK




At 07:31 PM 4/4/06, you wrote:
>On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
>
>># from Michael Rasmussen
>># on Tuesday 04 April 2006 10:22 am:
>>
>>>They are consistant, they don't lie (not even to themselves) and
>>>with enough digging you can get to the bottom of any problem.
>>
>>Unless there's a voltage problem, at which point values that are
>>supposed to be binary acquire a "maybe" bit :-)  At least, that's my
>>best guess on what was going on with my hard drive problem because it
>>definitely isn't the drives.
>Probably more appropos in this case -- & many others -- than folks 
>might consider. Sometimes a powercycle clears up all problems with a 
>computer: something in the firmware of a chip somewhere gets 
>corrupted, & the only way to clear from memory is a powercycle. 
>Sometimes a *very* thorough powercycle: shut the computer off, 
>disconnect the power cord & wait 15 seconds for all of the 
>capacitors to discharge.
>
>While Michael is correct, that computers are deterministic beasts, 
>each one has enough layers of hardware -> firmware -> driver -> OS 
>-> application to permit a stray bitrot to cause havoc up the stack. 
>Never underestimate the cleansing strength of a powercycle: it's 
>saved Microsoft's butt many times.
>
>On the other hand, unless you can reproduce this glitch on a regular 
>basis, don't waste time on it: transient weirdness is part of the 
>joys of working with computers. And there are countless more shallow 
>& fixable bugs out there to identify & squash. And I look for 
>defects in network drivers, BIOSes & other goodies to pay the 
>mortgage, so I think I know what I'm talking about. (Hey, I found 
>two bugs in ethtool! Well, okay, they were typos in the diagnostic 
>output -- but nonetheless I reported them.)
>
>Geoff
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