Qwest DSL with Cisco router and the Code Red Worm virus

[klenger]

My Cisco DSL modem/router has been crashing every once and a while for the last two weeks with increasing frequency. Last night I had to reboot it about every 30 minutes. I found a procedure on the Qwest web site to make an adjustment to prevent the problem and it seems to work OK now. The link is http://www.qwest.com/dsl/customerservice/coderedvirus.html

 

[nps]

It's funny how the market is willing to accept the Microsoft three finger salute and procedures like this. Yet if a computer-controlled car stalls but restarts and runs fine, the consumer still takes it in and demands a 'fix'.



Being in the business, all I can say is that it is a dark day for broadband growth if service providers expect the average user to be able to wade through Cisco's CLI.



Back in the Corps I worked on the A-6 fire control system. The aircrews would always doubt any 'fix' that just cleaned and reseated connectors - some with over 100 pins in a single plug. One day I was on the right seat ladder helping the navigator get an inertial nav system aligned. He had made two attempts to no avail. Took out the control panel, sprayed some freon on the pins and sockets, reattached and it popped up 7 minutes later - as advertised. Never had any more complaints about clean/reseat fixes after that.



Neil

 

[klenger]

7 minute inertial nav allignment? Must have been a ring laser. The iron ones can take up to 30 minutes.

 

[nps]

Yes it was a A-6E TRAM with the infrared and laser designator to boot. The iron ones came in the previous E models and were a pain to keep tweaked and tuned.

 

[wrward]

A6-C Alignment.

As a Firecontrol Flight deck trouble shooter I always got a chuckle when the flight crew wanted me to do a preset alignment. We were lucky though, the Navy A6's had better components, and were better maintained then the Marines, we got several USMC birds in for some serious work while on the line. They were in pretty rough shape. But with the SINS cable plugged in I could get a alignment go light in about 12-15 minutes.

The "D & E" with all the upgrades must have been sweet.

We used to spray carbon tet on the plugs. Used to love changing out that wonderfully engineered FPU.

My favorite work sign off code was A-799, NTF.