connection drops for some reason...

[mrrisotto]

i JUST got @home (because im too far to get DSL), anyway for some reason my modem stops responding like at least twice a day. ill be downloading a file and it JUST stops. then ill restart and it works fine again. anyone have any suggestions?

[glc1]

Welcome to Speed Guide mrrisotto...

Are you losing block sync when this happens?
If not, next time it happens try pinging your gateway, and post your results.

[This message has been edited by glc1 (edited 12-09-2000).]

[mrrisotto]

no im not loosing the cable sync connection. and when it does happen i CANT ping anything external (gateway, friends ip, or even yahoo.com). heres what it says when i ping my gateway when its working:

Pinging 65.5.66.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.5.66.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=255
Reply from 65.5.66.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=255
Reply from 65.5.66.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255
Reply from 65.5.66.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for 65.5.66.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 10ms, Average = 7ms

when i loose the connection again ill post the results from the same ping. thanks for your help!

-brandon