Frequent signal drops

[AndieP]

I am having a problem with my network that is driving me insane!!! I have a Linksys Wireless G router that is about 3 years old. I am using the router with my DSL modem. Things have been working fine until recently, when my DSL signal started getting dropped intermittently. The drop only lasts for 1 - 5 seconds and then it's fine again, but it is very annoying - especially if I am chatting with someone or using a VPN to work from home. It's almost as though there was a hiccup on the line - it drops and within 5 seconds, it comes right back. On some days the signal gets dropped every hour, and on other days the signal drops during the morning and then is stable in the afternoon. I have had technicians out here to test the DSL signal and it is strong. However, when the signal drops, if I look at the modem, I can see the DSL light flash before it reconnects. Any ideas on what could be causing this problem?

[danmofo]

How often do the drops occur? I know you said either an hour or a minute, but a time before drops would be helpful

[johnwill]

Register at DSLReports and run their Line Quality Tests. It's best to run this test with a direct wired connection to eliminate any wireless issues from the results. It's useful many times to run this test several times, and we'd like to see each of the results. Post the results link from the top of the test display page for each test run here.

The link to post is near the top of the page and looks like:

If you wish to post this result to a forum, please copy/paste this URL
http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2357195 <- sample only, yours will obviously be different!
and your IP will be disguised.

Copy/paste that link here.

Note: You will have to enable PING (ICMP) request response either in your router (if you have one), or in your computer's firewall for direct modem connections. This is very important to get the most important part of the test to run.