Need help getting network back connected online

[adrian]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

I know this is going to sound stupid, but it did happen to me..
My westell would not sync at all.As it turned out, the wire
I had between the wall and the modem was faulty. I've
also had a cross over cable between the router and modem
fail too...

Well, everything seems to be working now after I had a talk with my friend on seeing how to migrate from DSL to cable. But if the line does go down, then I'll try the program, then make new cables.

EDIT: Within the time I last posted, I went down a few times. So, I employed PING and tried to find a program to do it automatically, but I remembered I can set it to go on forever (who needs seperate programs). The result? no downtime for the last five minutes! Looks like I have to keep the connection alive, because according to a meter, if my downloads go under 5kb/s, then the connection will just stop working.

[Konaguy]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

Yep. And thanks for the link. I'll try it.

I know this is going to sound stupid, but it did happen to me..
My westell would not sync at all.As it turned out, the wire
I had between the wall and the modem was faulty. I've
also had a cross over cable between the router and modem
fail too...

[adrian]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

To test your line you can use this program. Remember to disconnect the router.

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/7553

Is the disconnects happening with the new router too ?

Yep. And thanks for the link. I'll try it.

[Konaguy]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

To test your line you can use this program. Remember to disconnect the router.

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/7553

Is the disconnects happening with the new router too ?

[adrian]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

I'M SO GETTING FED UP WITH THIS!

It just happened again! I had to waste 15 minutes trying to get online after my friend reported that his connection wasn't working for a while (it was working while I was out). Listening to streaming radio doesn't work, so I'm assuming that its the connection going into the house. Hawaiian Telcom, you better have people staffed tomorrow or else all hell will break loose (aka I'll be switching to RR).

[Konaguy]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

The first router was bought four years ago.

That was the one you were having problems with..correct ? Yeah the timeframe is correct..Mine died after 3 years.

[adrian]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

Oh... I thought you were talking about an actual Cisco router

I actually had a Cisco 2621 to loan you if you needed it.

No, we use them at school (old Cisco 2501s if I remember correctly).

When did you buy your router ?

The first router was bought four years ago. The second was bought this morning. (didn't know compusa opened at 8am)

[hinokei]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

Oh... I thought you were talking about an actual Cisco router

I actually had a Cisco 2621 to loan you if you needed it.

[Konaguy]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

To elaborate further on what happened, my D-Link DI-604 repeatedly would disconnect. I even tried pinging the box and it would time out. I got fed
up and bought a Linksys BEFRS41 router at Wal-Mart.It solved the problem.

When did you buy your router ?

[adrian]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

How old is the router. My D-Link crashed and burned after 3 years and I had same problems as you. I ended up buying a Linksys and got back online

I have the Linksys BEFSR41v4 with firmware 1.04.02, and if I remember correctly, I used the BEFSR41v3 with a much older firmware. Also, based on google searches, its fairly new (one post was made last christmas) so hopefully it'll last us another four years (damn, you get cut off of something that you have that long and you feel like you've died.)

[Konaguy]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

How old is the router. My D-Link crashed and burned after 3 years and I had same problems as you. I ended up buying a Linksys and got back online

[adrian]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

Since Adrian said he had problems pinging his own router, that would be a problem on his end.

Yep, and plus I could go online if hooked up my laptop directly to the modem, so what puzzled me more was that a new router couldn't get online, nor had problems being connected to.

Anyway, everything's okay now. I even borrowed choke books for the weekend if I didn't succeed.

[hinokei]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

Maybe not your stuff that was the problem but maybe the equipment outside your control (the other end of the wire where you get your DSL service from).

Since Adrian said he had problems pinging his own router, that would be a problem on his end.

[helen]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

Maybe not your stuff that was the problem but maybe the equipment outside your control (the other end of the wire where you get your DSL service from).

[adrian]

Re: Need help getting network back connected online

I just came home and inadvertently went online to email someone who called me on TheBus and I got online! I don't know if the router needed some time to sync itself or what, but atleast that's one less pressure off my back.