download problems

[Reggie]

I have AT&T @home, into a Lynksys Router/Hub with 2 PC's attatched from a
Toshiba PCX1100 modem. I have been unable to download most files for about
2 weeks. THey download fine, the speed is great but when I try to unzip or
execute them I usually get a CRC error, sometimes it tells me I have
corrupted CAB file. If I try enough times, and the file is small enough I
can usually get a good download, but on the bigger stuff (over 3 mb, which
is very small) I can't get anything to work. I called AT&T tech support and
the 3rd level tech support person had never heard of a CRC error, and said
it was my operating system, even though it happens on two computer, one
win98 and one winXP both before and after a clean install of the operating
system.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Reggie

[Musclemanfu2]

High CRC (Cyclical Redundance Check) errors usually point to
a bad modem, either at the CO (the ATU-C) or at the remote
(ATU-R). One thing you can do to test this is to unplug
your modem and plug it back in (recycle it) a couple of
times.Each time you do that (theoretically) you should train up to a different modem in the CO (unless the DSLAM is full).Look for big differences in CRC errors. Which means you hit a bad modem in the CO. To test your remote modem you could
ask your ISP to send a tech out with a modem and compare his
error rates with yours.
High RS (Reed Solomon) errors usually point to cable
problems. Although high CRC errors can cause high RS errors
also.

[Murman]

Try getting the latest frimware from the linksys web site. Also have you tried d/ling with out the route connected?. I remember a while ago some users had the same problem and they upgraded there firmware on the router and it corrected the problem.