From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 12:06:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4FE837B401 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:06:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.clubplus.net (mail.clubplus.net [216.191.22.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A095D43F93 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:06:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (3s1.com [209.188.66.29]) by mail.clubplus.net (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h77JEYYN016070 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:14:35 -0400 Received: (from root@localhost) by 3s1.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h77J6n3u056499 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:06:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 3s1.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h77J6nDK056455 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:06:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david@skytracker.ca) Received: by 3s1.com (tmda-sendmail, from uid 1000); Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:06:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:06:47 -0400 To: Adam McLaurin Message-ID: <20030807190647.GA56350@skytrackercanada.com> References: <20030807163857.GA53349@skytrackercanada.com> <1060275910.601.31.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1060275910.601.31.camel@jake> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i From: David Banning X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.80 (Determine) X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.12.3 - (http://pldaniels.com/inflex/) X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.2(snapshot 20021217) (mail) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: are all dsl modems the same? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 19:06:51 -0000 > > I have a G-net BB0050, and I'm not happy with it at all. I frequently > have to power cycle it in order to get my connection working after an > outage. I think my next modem will be an Alcatel .. I have the same problem where my connection goes down. I have to reset it. I have found a solution, however. I connect a serial cable to the modem and to my freebsd box. Every minute I have cron do a ping to an outside address in the world. If it won't ping I have the script send a "restart" command to the modem, which resets the connection. It works fine now. I haven't had to power down my modem in the last year.