ADSL disconnecting, Or is it ?

[zhardoum]

Hi all.

I have ADSL at home, the modem is a 3com 812 router, the problem i have is that every ten or 15 minutes the modem stops, the ADSL lights all remain ion, but any transfers in progress just stop, if I am playing a game I get disconnected saying pings not being returned (allegiance)

As the modem lights all report OK am I right in thiinking the problem is with the exchange/ISP and their connection, and that my connection is still ok but the exchange onwards has a problem, or is it a problem at my end.

Also, I have opened the ports from 80 to 8000, all prgrams work, except ICQ which I have told I am behind a router but still wont work, although microsoft messenger works and Napster works and Human click also works, do I need to open the ports thurther, from 40 to 8000 say, or is it something else.

All help greatfully recieved.

cheers

[Slime]

Hi,

Have you ever looked at the (usually minimised) dial-up-networking connection icon (the 2 little flashing PC's) in your system tray when the problem happens ?

If you notice that the "connected time" resets itself (back to 0 then starts again until the next time it happens) then i'd be really interested to hear back from you.

Cheers
Slime

[zhardoum]

hmm, don't know, as its ADSl and im on win 98 ME the icon doesn't show itself as standard on the desktop, as its not on a dial up, but over a LAN:

I have a 3com network card, connected to a hub, that is connected to the 3 com router, so I wont be able to get the icon you mention.

If it was an internal card it might be possible, but what your asking is to have a connection time showing for my lan connection..

Sorry if I should have mentioned that fact earlier..

[Leady]

Does the BT provided router work?

(I assume you've bought your own 3Com one)

[Uranium]

Theres is a very similar topic posted by someone else you might want to have a look, you maybe able to get some tips from it.

http://faster.wireplay.net/showthread.php?threadid=215699