Routers and DSL Lose Touch With Each Other?
From: YeOldeStonecat (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/21/04
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:15:00 -0700
If a router is tossing the connection.....several things
to look at.
1) Firmware...latest firmware on the router?
2) How many users, and what speed connection? For small
networks on standard broadband accounts, Linksys routers
are "OK". But for larger networks, you're going to
overwhelm those little guys, perhaps time to stepup to a
more SOHO grade solution. Netopia routers like a 3546, or
Sonicwall, or Symantec, perhaps a little Cisco PIX. Or
even one of the new Linksys RV0 series that recently came
out. Something with a "little more nut".
3) DHCP wouldn't be what's in the way of it getting it's
connection, although it should be disabled because you
want your SBS box to govern DHCP on the LAN NIC (dunno if
you're multiple homing your server or not) But DHCP
service on routers is only bound to the built in switch
ports, not the WAN port, it doesn't affect anything on the
WAN side.
4) "Maintain Connection" box is checked on the setup page
5) MTU has been set, PPPoE DSL should ahve 1492 as the MTU
setting.
>-----Original Message-----
>I made a comment to an earlier post on this, but it was
quite old, and I
>thought I would "refresh" it and see if anyone has run
into this.
>
>The earlier comment from someone was that SOHO routers
and DSL modems seem
>to lose their connection periodically, and that the DSL
providers might be
>looking into it. I ran into the same thing with two
different small routers,
>which I had put in between the DSL modem and the SBS box
to provide a
>"static" IP to ISA. After about 24 hours, there would no
longer be any
>internet access. If I power cycled the router or the
modem, it would kick
>back into life for about another day, but sometimes only
for a few hours.
>
>I ultimately gave up, removed the routers (I tried a
Linksys and an Inexq),
>and bought a static IP to go directly into the ISA. But I
still would like
>to have a router installed, not only for the (perhaps
illusory) extra
>security, but also so that I could easily attach a wi-fi
access point
>outside of the network.
>
>Anyone else run into this?
>
>Craig Zawada
>
>
>
>.
>
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