[nflug] DSL problems

[Cyber Source]

Robert Stockdale IV wrote:
> They have performed a line signal test a couple of times and they
> claim it is very good. I think they are putting very short and
> sporadic time limits on the DHCP ip addresses they dole out. The modem
> doesn't automatically renew its setting for  such things. Thank you
> though.
> Bob
>
> On 3/4/07, *Cyber Source* <peter at thecybersource.com
> <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>> wrote:
>
>     Robert Stockdale IV wrote:
>     > Hello All:
>     >      Was wondering if anyone might have a solution to a problem with
>     > my dsl. I have Frontier as they are the ones who service this
>     area. I
>     > have a Seimens Speedstream 6520 dsl modem/wired/wireless router.
>     For
>     > some reason the router needs to be rebooted at intermittent
>     intervals.
>     > I might be away from the computer for a few minutes or a few
>     hours and
>     > the connection is lost. Other times I could be online checking my
>     > email or researching something and the connection goes down. I'm
>     able
>     > to regain access through a web browser reboot icon or physically
>     > turning the modem off and then back on via the power switch on the
>     > back. Is there a daemon or program that can monitor my
>     connection and
>     > issue a reboot automatically? Frontier has been out here several
>     times
>     > and cannot find a problem. They have replaced filters and modems
>     to no
>     > avail. Any ideas?
>     > Thank you
>     > Bob
>     >
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>     Sounds like a line problem. I've seen this many times. One time, I
>     had
>     this guy who's an employee of where I do service work and he kept
>     complaining about his dsl always going down and how he would spend
>     hours
>     on the phone with verizon, etc.. I just figured he had a pooched
>     xp box
>     that was redirecting or some such. Anyway, I ended up redoing his box,
>     made a dual boot for his (yes he was completely infected),
>     however, when
>     I went to deliver it, I saw that the light on the modem kept going
>     from
>     steady to blinking (it needs to be steady all the time). Anyway, while
>     setting it up, his connection was great, then lousy, then none
>     existent,
>     then great again (with a different IP). So I said something is not
>     right
>     here, got verizon on the phone while I was still there for the guy and
>     there happen to be a verizon truck right in the neighborhood at that
>     time, so the guy was going to come right over, so I waited for him,
>     showed him all the stuff (heard all the I don't know Linux crap) but
>     this guy just concentrated on the signal strength on the line, which
>     sucked. The guy ended up replacing the line from the house to the pole
>     while I waited and when he was done, it was like night and day, smokin
>     fast and the guy has not had 1 problem since, that was like 6
>     months ago.
>     Now, if this guy would have started the trouble ticket, it probably
>     wouldn't have gone too far because I know how the guy talks (total
>     computer illiterate and mixes up terminologies, etc.) and they
>     probably
>     wouldn't have taken him seriously, like the 1000 times before that he
>     called.
>     My guess is you have a bad line, have them come out and do a line
>     signal
>     strength test,
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dsl and there f**** dhcp settings drive me up the wall! You could ask
for a static ip, I don't think there is a charge.
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