[ILUG] Failing ADSL modem

[Kevin Philp]

Timothy,
I saw a problem on one of those a few weeks back. The router was failing 
intermittently and just stopped handing out DHCP information. Eircom 
sent a replacement in the post, there was no talk of sending an engineer.

I had my home connection drop regularly about a week ago, problem lasted 
about three days but I wasn't using it much and was busy elsewhere; I 
just had regular complaints from my teenage son. By the time I got home 
it was working again so I assume it was a temporary line problem.

Kevin.


Timothy Murphy wrote:
> My internet connection is dropping frequently.
> I think it is up about 2/3 of the time.
> (I collect email on my home server every 5 minutes,
> and get email from cron if it fails to collect,
> so I get a fairly good record of when the connection is down.)
>
> My ISP is Eircom;
> my modem is a Netopia Cayman 3341, about 3 years old.
>
> Is this a fault anyone else has seen?
> It could conceivably be the telephone line outside,
> which goes through the branches of a tree;
> but the telephone itself seems fine.
>
> I reported the fault to Eircom,
> who said they would send someone round to look at it,
> but my impression is that this may take some time.
>
> I was wondering if one can use any ADSL modem,
> or does it have to be the model specified by the ISP?
>
> I suppose no-one has an old ADSL modem in their collection,
> which they could lend me until Eircom sort things out ...
>
> Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.
>
>