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think this is all caused by too many people w/ infected computers in my area constantly scanning and stealing all the bandwidth?

i have numerous SYN flood attacks in my router's log as well as my cable modem showing "HFC: LOST TRC SYNC- trying to recover" critical errors. searching around showed me that the cable modem is losing it's downstream frequency or something and keeps resetting itself. or...this is 2 different issues.

my pings have gone to hell for online gaming and speeds way down from normal...been going on a few days now.


edit: i started to check the logs because my modem's activity light is constantly on...for over 2 days now. not normal at all...

the cable modem page i found is here: cable modem info

It's the same eveywhere. Been playing a lot today. Pings are okay, but the network feels glitchy. Too many worm infected system fucking up everything I guess.

i bypassed my router and put a pc directly onto my cable modem so i could do some sniffing...alot of ICMP traffic (as expected) from the worm(s).

Yeah i was getting the same exact thing bman... my surfboard i think wed night was flipping out on me i called and bitch to Charter but their tech support is cramped with raging idiots that don't know a damn thing.

hahahaha! too funny.

charter here as well. when i called them today the guy said:

"oh, um, that might be happening if we're doing maintenance in your area"

me: "for over 2 days straight?"

him: "oh...i have no idea then"

me: "alright"

him: "yeah, i don't know what would cause that. i have no idea...hmmm"


not that i expected the level 1 dude to be able to actually help me beyond passing me to someone that knows something. hehe. rule #1 in business and tech support is to never say "i don't know". just say "let me record your information and investigate".

I have been logging the same thing, but the last couple a days it hasn't been as much.