SMC7004VBR drops connection

This is follow-on to earlier post. I have three computers connected to
an SMC7004VBR router which is intern connected to cable modem and
Comcast Cable. The connection between the computers and the router
drops out a few times a day for unknown reason. The problem started a
week ago when Comcast had a major outage. Could something on the cable
network cause the router to drop the local area network connections?

windsurferLA wrote:
> This is follow-on to earlier post. I have three computers connected to
> an SMC7004VBR router which is intern connected to cable modem and
> Comcast Cable. The connection between the computers and the router
> drops out a few times a day for unknown reason. The problem started a
> week ago when Comcast had a major outage. Could something on the cable
> network cause the router to drop the local area network connections?
This is an add on to my earlier post. I have since found that the
router frequently drops the connection when viewing the NY Times. I've
set the router to block outgoing traffic to "doubleclick.com." I
suspect that the NY Times site uses "doubleclick.com" to load or track
advertisements. Might blocking a web site that a web page seeks to load
cause the router to loose the connection between the router and the
computers?

In article <0fKdnVVHR8zJ-f3eRVn-(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> windsurferLA wrote:
> > This is follow-on to earlier post. I have three computers connected to
> > an SMC7004VBR router which is intern connected to cable modem and
> > Comcast Cable. The connection between the computers and the router
> > drops out a few times a day for unknown reason. The problem started a
> > week ago when Comcast had a major outage. Could something on the cable
> > network cause the router to drop the local area network connections?
> This is an add on to my earlier post. I have since found that the
> router frequently drops the connection when viewing the NY Times. I've
> set the router to block outgoing traffic to "doubleclick.com." I
> suspect that the NY Times site uses "doubleclick.com" to load or track
> advertisements. Might blocking a web site that a web page seeks to load
> cause the router to loose the connection between the router and the
> computers?
>

Sounds unlikely to me that blocking cookies would cause a loss in
internet connection. This may not be useful at all but I had the exact
same problem as you af few weeks ago. I own a SMC7004VBR and I was
losing connection periodically. I would call Comcast but by the time
they answered, i was connected again. I bypassed the router and found
out that I would still lose connect so I finally ruled out the barricade
router. After much frustration, I finally gave in and replaced my old (3
years old) RCA cable modem with a new Motorola cable modem and the
problems have gone away. The speeds increased too since the new modem is
Docsis 2.0 compatable and the old one was only 1.1 Fortunately this only
cost me $60.00. I would try bypassing the router to see if you still
have your problems and go from there. Sorry if this is unhelpful!

WorkingClassZero wrote:
> In article <0fKdnVVHR8zJ-f3eRVn-(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
> says...
>
>>windsurferLA wrote:
>>
>>>This is follow-on to earlier post. I have three computers connected to
>>>an SMC7004VBR router which is intern connected to cable modem and
>>>Comcast Cable. The connection between the computers and the router
>>>drops out a few times a day for unknown reason. The problem started a
>>>week ago when Comcast had a major outage. Could something on the cable
>>>network cause the router to drop the local area network connections?
>>
>>This is an add on to my earlier post. I have since found that the
>>router frequently drops the connection when viewing the NY Times. I've
>>set the router to block outgoing traffic to "doubleclick.com." I
>>suspect that the NY Times site uses "doubleclick.com" to load or track
>>advertisements. Might blocking a web site that a web page seeks to load
>>cause the router to loose the connection between the router and the
>>computers?
>>
>
>
> Sounds unlikely to me that blocking cookies would cause a loss in
> internet connection. This may not be useful at all but I had the exact
> same problem as you af few weeks ago. I own a SMC7004VBR and I was
> losing connection periodically. I would call Comcast but by the time
> they answered, i was connected again. I bypassed the router and found
> out that I would still lose connect so I finally ruled out the barricade
> router. After much frustration, I finally gave in and replaced my old (3
> years old) RCA cable modem with a new Motorola cable modem and the
> problems have gone away. The speeds increased too since the new modem is
> Docsis 2.0 compatable and the old one was only 1.1 Fortunately this only
> cost me $60.00. I would try bypassing the router to see if you still
> have your problems and go from there. Sorry if this is unhelpful!
Thanks for hint.. Will try suggestion. My modem is a "SurfBoard" AB4100
owned by Comcast.