Re: Continuing internet oddities
* cothrige <cothrige@bellsouth.net> [061109 09:52]:
> * Russell L. Harris (rlharris@oplink.net) wrote:
> >
> > From your bellsouth address and the fact that you have DHCP, I presume
> > you are also have to contend with PPPoE. I suspect that PPPoE may be
> > the culprit.
>
> No, I have never had to use PPPoE before that I am aware of.
...
> What is causing me the headaches right now is that it is basically
> working. Most of the time I do get a connection when I boot, though
> not always. But, after getting connected, most of the time that
> connection just drops out completely leaving it useless. But, since
> it connected in the first place, I really don't know where to look for
> the failure.
Perhaps the router is taking care of PPPoE? SWBell (which I
previously used as ISP) typically uses PPPoE.
Last week, my present ISP (oplink.net) sent out an announcement and
even telephoned clients, asking those who have a Linksys router to
contact Linksys for a firmware upgrade.
Oplink does not use PPPoE, but does use DHCP. Oplink told me that
they were trying to correct a problem which sounds very much like the
one which you are experiencing.
But if you happen to have an old machine and a pair of ethernet cards,
it can provide a "sanity check" with the expenditure of only an hour,
even if you plan to continue using the Linksys router. Note that
SmoothWall is a router as well as a firewall.
RLH
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