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OUTLAWS WHOCARES
07-21-2004, 09:25 PM
I have been getting disconnected from my DSL line at lest once a day.
I have called Bellsouth and they state that there is no problem on the line.

at firt I though it may be because of the length of the phone cord. So I shortened it by about 6 feet or so. Still have the problem.

Next I figured it was perhaps a cable so I changed them No luck.

Also changed the Ethernet card with no luck.

It does this with my firewall turned off and on. Bellsouth states that there is a built in firewall in the modem but isn't turned on.

Here are the specs for that PC. If any of you can offer some advice let me know.

Amd 2400+
756 mb2100 ram
Ati 9000 Pro
Slice
07-21-2004, 10:31 PM
Bellsouth is doing line upgrades and we are having problems down here as well. Everything is bogging down at times and sometimes you get the boot. Also the damn thunder storms we have been having don't help....
JIMINATOR
07-21-2004, 11:47 PM
dunno what you mean by disconnected,
ie: did you lose sync (where one or more of the lights on your dsl modem goes off)
or do you appear to maintain a connection but can't connect?
I have noticed that a few times recently, and I am in atl, their hub.
late last night I had no connectivity... i found that i had hardcoded their
dns addresses in my network tcp settings, and they had changed the primary one,
so it was invalid. changing that took care of the problem....
Die Hard
07-21-2004, 11:59 PM
This is weird. I live across the pond and am having the same problem??
OUTLAWS WHOCARES
07-22-2004, 10:55 AM
Still not sure WTF is going on. All I know if Friday a have a Bellsouth dude coming out.
Jim what it does is basically boot my but offline completely. Not sure what the modem is doing.
I have to reset the Modem and within 5 min or so it does it again.
ThePIT
07-22-2004, 02:58 PM
Still not sure WTF is going on. All I know if Friday a have a Bellsouth dude coming out.
Jim what it does is basically boot my but offline completely. Not sure what the modem is doing.
I have to reset the Modem and within 5 min or so it does it again.

Perhaps your modem is getting old or having problems ?
Are you able to test with another one ?
OUTLAWS WHOCARES
07-22-2004, 08:23 PM
Not the modem its Brand New. I just got the connection.
T I K
07-22-2004, 09:48 PM
Hmm no diss intended Who, but even new modems are sent out with issues........ie not working and or malfunctioning!!!:confused: