From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 4 21:41:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99BB316A479 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 21:41:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david+dated+1202592360.118b83@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (3s1.com [209.161.205.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A28013C46B for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 21:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david+dated+1202592360.118b83@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 3s1.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m14LQ1tW055532 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:26:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from david+dated+1202592360.118b83@skytracker.ca) Received: (from david@localhost) by 3s1.com (8.13.8/8.14.1/Submit) id m14LQ01L055531 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:26:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from david+dated+1202592360.118b83@skytracker.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: 3s1.com: david set sender to david+dated+1202592360.118b83@skytracker.ca using -f Received: from [192.168.1.6] (office [192.168.1.6]) by 3s1.com (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:25:57 -0500 Message-ID: <47A782E5.7080202@skytracker.ca> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:25:57 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 (Windows/20071210) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar References: <20080204200151.GA16540@skytracker.ca> <20080204221345.F27269@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20080204221345.F27269@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: David Banning X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/5683/Mon Feb 4 13:17:58 2008 on 3s1.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on 3s1.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on DSL signal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:41:56 -0000 Thanks Wojciech, for your thoughts. > make sure you don't get a timeout because of high load or simply - the > server you ping doesn't respond. > Check that - > it's not line problem but modem hardware problem or their routing > problem. But isn't the sync going down a sign of a bad line connection? The ISP I used leases the lines from the telephone company, and when they hear "sync is down" they just call the phone company and tell them to solve it.