Adsl/PPPoE connection drop outs

[ferrarimodena360]

i have an adsl pppoe connection....zyxel usb modem

i have had this connection for over a year now, and i have started facing a problem since last 2 days

the connection times every now and then .....it does not disconnect but it simply stops responding and u cannot open a website (ping timesout), once u reconnect things get back to normal.

time-out can occur anywhere from 5 minutes to 45 minutes of being connected

i read about it on google and others were facing this problem on roaring penguin (linux???)

wat could be the reason...i have not changed a single thing in my comp , no install or uninstall for weeks now,
all virus,spyware checks and critcal updates have been double checked

getting back to linux - the problem had somehting to do with idle time....so i started downloading stuff of kazaa and dc++, and even when i am downloading files at full throttle, all of a sudden the connection drops and speeds fall, eventually kazaa and hubs getiing disconnected...

having said all of this....i called my isp and they said some work was being done in the backend, but even they arent sure if thers any connection between the server being updated and my connection drop outs

plz be helpful

[hawkburn]

I had the exact same problem a few weeks ago. I also have Adsl, but with a different modem, but I dont think thats a real difference.

Anyway, I was on Overnet, watching my speeds because I have nothing better to do, and it slowly went from 200 KBps all the way down to being disconnected. Then the whole internet cut out, and I was screwed for about 5 hrs. this may be different from yours - with mine i couldnt re-connect for about 4 hrs. I called the ISP and they said they had already been notified, and the backbone was being repaired. It only last 4 hrs, but they fixed it, and everythings all right now.

If its the backbone you may or may not be lucky enough to have it for a few minutes before it cuts out, but things should eventually get back to normal. Good luck.

[ferrarimodena360]

I had the exact same problem a few weeks ago. I also have Adsl, but with a different modem, but I dont think thats a real difference.

Anyway, I was on Overnet, watching my speeds because I have nothing better to do, and it slowly went from 200 KBps all the way down to being disconnected. Then the whole internet cut out, and I was screwed for about 5 hrs. this may be different from yours - with mine i couldnt re-connect for about 4 hrs. I called the ISP and they said they had already been notified, and the backbone was being repaired. It only last 4 hrs, but they fixed it, and everythings all right now.

If its the backbone you may or may not be lucky enough to have it for a few minutes before it cuts out, but things should eventually get back to normal. Good luck.

then i think i should sit tite and not make any changes to my system .....ill wait till the weekend

watching speeds? overnet? i thought u were in que. LOL

thanx man

[ferrarimodena360]

hawky i made 3 changes
updated my zyxel 630 series modem to latest drivers
mtu 1458 (its optimal)
and installed keepras but i cant find latest version of keepras , the site offers only .8 not .9

oi 1 more change in my ZAP firewall, i added my lan ip as trusted hosts, but like this i am vulnerable to wor attacks or not?

[Toog]

mtu 1458

why that particular one??

[ferrarimodena360]

why that particular one??

i should have posted the solution

the (ISP) server pings ur ip to see if the ip is taken or free, if a firewall is installed and icmp and other pings are blocked, then the server on pinging gets a timeout & thinks the ip is available, and assigns it to another connection, hence ur connection times out

so allow echo, imcp, and other related pings

while searching for a solution, i read bout 1458, it said it is optimal