Connection trouble after power failure

Note to self: after power failure, cable company's upstream equipment gets weird. Must unplug everything for a while, then plug in from the modem back in order. This time around actually had to plug a machine directly into the cable modem to get things going. Luckily that's now really easy since putting in the cable management I did a while back, and having a computer in the basement means no running 60 feet and a flight of stairs to check the modem lights.

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Got a dozen more wire cutters for the Duckon blinkie room. Harbor Freight had a sale. I had them shipped, because it'd cost me > $9 to drive there. They just came in the mail.
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