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Re: The real truth of the metdown
said by 81399672  :I would not be surprised if real truth is that they got hacked I know this was suppose to be a joke, but I deal with hard headed people everyday who don't believe their NIC card isn't bad just because they can browse but it's slow, or just because they are getting a "pc activity" light. Their problems include unable to aquire an ip, severe packet loss when pinging websites AND their modem ip (192.168.100.1), or even their router in cases where that applies. I have also seen situations where the pc light works, the winsocket files are intact, and they still get a 169 ip, but when the modem is connected the DHCP get request doesn't hit the modem, even after swapping the modem. They connect thru USB, and just like magic, it works fine. NIC's are just as prone to failure as anything else. I haven't had my default NIC fail in the 8 years I've had it, but I have had 2 of my secondary ones fail, and I've had the ethernet port on my Cisco ATA telephony adapter refuse a public ip, and only connect to a 192 based ip address. If I switch the ip range to, oh lets say 169 based, or even a public ip, no go, it won't even acknowledge the connection, nor will it send a DHCP get message. I know that last one may be a number of things, but the other problems have been confirmed in some cases as being a bad NIC because the person in question buys a new NIC, or uses USB connections to their modem or router, and it fixes the problem. I wish there was a device sold at every local store that NIC's are sold at that allows a person to test their NIC... 
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