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since a couple of weeks, my DSL connection suddenly stops after a while
(usaully after 1-3 hours)
When I call the connection, it works fine and with good speed, so I guess it is set up okay. Firefox and Transmission work. For a longer download I usually leave the PC on overnight and find it finished in the morning.
However, now I find the download unfinished (transmission reports "stalled") and the DSL connection is terminated. If I click it, it starts up fine with no error message. (Transmission then continues)
The only change to the system I made was installing AWN. Can this cause problems? (I would uninstall to try, but I spent a lot of time customizing, which I would hate to lose)
Can a recent automatic update have caused the problems?
After being inactive a while, the computer powers down the monitor. (Computer is still on, fan running). Is this it?
Would my DSL router reset itself after a while? Can I configure linux to reset the connection when this happens?
I realize this kind of question is very hard to debug (I don't even know which info to provide) but perhaps someone can just point me in the right way to start troubleshooting...
Additional Infos:
New PC (Quad Core, 4GB), no sign of any hardware defects.
Dual Boot Vista and Ubunto 8.10 with Gnome
Internet Provider: Alice Germany DSL
i cant be of much help, but one thing that may help solve the problem, is wether or not the issue happens in just linux, just windows (i'd assume not since you're on a linux board) or both? if its both, its more than likely to be a hardware setting
the issue happens in just linux, just windows or both?
AFAIK, its just Linux.
I never had this problem with windows, but I haven't used Windows to go online in a while. (One reason to switch to linux was my concerns about security)
I can't recall always having had this problem in Linux(I switched "for real" about 2 months ago)but maybe I did and just didn't notice. Linux is still all very new....
for eth0 or wlan0 (depending which networkcard you use)
Also you can take a look at the logs of the router.
Alright: from /var/log/messages
Code:
Feb 19 11:45:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 12:05:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 12:25:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 12:45:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 13:05:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 13:25:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 13:45:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 14:05:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 14:25:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 14:45:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 15:05:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 15:25:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 15:45:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 15:51:46 Ubuntu8838 pppd[19933]: No response to 3 echo-requests
Feb 19 15:51:46 Ubuntu8838 pppd[19933]: Serial link appears to be disconnected.
Feb 19 15:51:46 Ubuntu8838 pppd[19933]: Connect time 518.4 minutes.
Feb 19 15:51:46 Ubuntu8838 pppd[19933]: Sent 2155829529 bytes, received 1276370329 bytes.
Feb 19 15:51:47 Ubuntu8838 pppd[19933]: Connection terminated.
Feb 19 15:51:47 Ubuntu8838 pppd[19933]: Exit.
Feb 19 16:05:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 16:25:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 16:45:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 17:05:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 17:25:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
Feb 19 17:45:17 Ubuntu8838 -- MARK --
are you using a router?
Seems to me it is a modem
Then there seems to be a problem between the moden and the DSL.
Do you have sync on the modem at the moment of the disconnects?
could be the filter, the cabling between modem and tel line ...
are you using a router?
Seems to me it is a modem
Then there seems to be a problem between the moden and the DSL.
Do you have sync on the modem at the moment of the disconnects?
could be the filter, the cabling between modem and tel line ...
Yes, it is a DSL Modem, not a router. Sorry about the confusion.
I do not know how to configure the modem. It has no buttons and came without software.
But both Windows and Ubuntu worked straight away, so I never worried about this.
I guess the cabeling is fine, but I can run a test using Vista.
Is there some way I can configure an automatic reconnect?
Probably you use raspppoe
If I remember correctly, you can set it in the raspppoe configuration.
you can check in the logfile if it reconnects.
Next time verify if the syncronisation on the modem is OK when the line drops.
Then it is a problem with the line, not linux.
Probably you use raspppoe
If I remember correctly, you can set it in the raspppoe configuration.
you can check in the logfile if it reconnects.
Next time verify if the syncronisation on the modem is OK when the line drops.
Then it is a problem with the line, not linux.
I am starting to think it is the line as well.
It ran fine last night and I didn't change a thing.
Will keep watching it during the next week.
Thanks for your help. I appreciate it!
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