Linksys Router Issue

[Spankdacamel4me]

Hey guys,

I was using a linksys BEFSR41 router for about 6 years problem free. Recently it started dropping the connection at random times and I have to reset the router and then the connection is back momentarily, but drops again until I restart my computer which brings it back for good (When i say for good i mean until it poops out again). I went and purchased a new Linksys WRT54G router, mainly cuz im broke at the moment and went for the cheapest one, and that had a beautiful connection, drop free, for about 3 days and then the internet light and activity light on my modem were off entirely. So i called my ISP and they said that it meant my modem was not detecting my router and it had nothing to send a signal to. I troubleshooted for a bit and eventually gave in and hooked up my old router again (started to have WoW withdrawals). The old router continued with the same problem so after a few days i figured i would try the new router once again. I hooked up the new router and guess what....Beautiful connection again for 2-3 days and the same problem again where the router stops being detected by everything. Any ideas on what might be causing this?

- Camel

[Teknyk]

You had no internet light on your modem and the ISP blamed your router?
what kind of modem do you have? is this cable?

[Spankdacamel4me]

Internet light and Activity light both were off completely. Its a DSL modem Speedstream 5100. And ya the DSL company told me That "my modem was not detecting my router and it had nothing to send a signal to."

- Camel

[Teknyk]

I am not a DSL expert for sure but that sounds odd to me. Someone else here might be able to be more specific.

I was able to find this...
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8721

I would compare your lights to this chart when your connection drops again.
Possibly your modem is in bridge mode and your router is dropping the PPPoE??

can someone with more DSL experience elaborate on this?

[johnwill]

Connect directly to the modem, if you get a solid connection, then you need to determine why the router won't connect.

While connected to the router, then AGAIN when connected directly to the modem, please do this.

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[Spankdacamel4me]

Thanks again for ur help on this. I'll get the ip configuration sent to u as soon as possible at the moment i just have to take off to work. Have a good day everyone.

- Camel

[johnwill]

Work? Work is the curse of the drinking class!

[MasterDave]

if your modem is securely connected to the phone jack that is carrying the dsl signal
then it doesnt matter if the modem recognizes the router
the modem modulates / demodulates the signal from the DSLAM to the com/router whatever
if you do not have the internet/dsl sync/ready light lit on your modem...
then you do not have sufficent connection with your isp
it has nothing to do with the router....
even if the modem is in bridge mode it still modulate/demodulates the signal from the provider

[Spankdacamel4me]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Me>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BEAST
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-CA-F9-47
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:05:06
Beast
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 16, 2007 9:05:06 B
east

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-CA-E9-A7

C:\Documents and Settings\Me>





_______________________________________________________
**************Below is just the modem******************

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Me>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BEAST
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain_not_set.invalid

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain_not_set.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-CA-F9-47
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.173.170.141
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 64.173.170.140
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:13:41
Beast
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:23:41
Beast

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-CA-E9-A7

C:\Documents and Settings\Me>

[Spankdacamel4me]

The above, is with the new router i bought that drops the connection about every 3 days. It has followed that pattern 4 times now, but it works excellent up until it drops it.

[samsnanko]

I hope I'm not stating the obvious, but having recently experienced something similar with a client, the culprit turned out to be a flaky connection, I mean a wire in the phone jack. It was the intermittent nature that frustrated us both. In this case it was a physical wire with oxidation.

Cheers.

[johnwill]

You've tried two routers, and both have the same issue. Time to replace the modem and/or the ISP.

[Spankdacamel4me]

Guess its time to give my ISP a call and talk them into letting me have a new modem. Looking forward to that XD

Thank you for all the feedback everyone.