> I have a relatively new DSL modem, a wireless Westel
> Versa Link W327 that came with Nextel's do-it-yourself kit. I have it
> hardwired to the main computer
No firewall ?
> If
> I do a cold boot and shut the modem off then I can usually get the mail
> server to come up, but today and yesterday I had to log onto the web before
> the email could find the server. Strange. I suspect it's the cheap DSL
> modem Verizon included with the package; should I just replace it with
> another one? Suggestions?
If you can talk to Google, then IMO it's unlikely it's the modem's fault. It
pretty much doesn't care what you talk to. Does everything look normal when you
run ipconfig/all ? What are you using for a DNS server ?
Randall
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