Connection down. Is it just me?

[DorsetBoy]

BT ...... Engineer ...... Oxymoron (or frequrently plain moron.).

[Rik]

 

[Glenn]

I have a very good one sat next to me, this very moment.

[DorsetBoy]

I have a very good one sat next to me, this very moment.

An endangered species Glenn, keep him locked up for next time 

[Glenn]

BT are moving him to exchange work, next month.

[Colin Burns]

oh the joys just got in from work and now i don't have an internet connection


just what what you need on a friday and support is shut

oh i have a sync but no internet and the 2 wire has a nice red light next to the internet thing

[Rik]

Can you try a spare router, Colin. Failing which, power off the router for 30 minutes in case you've got a stale session, then connect to the test socket when you re-power. If that doesn't work, email or phone support, making it clear you have no connection.

[Colin Burns]

thanks rik now ive just got to come to an arangement with danni to borrow her spare


ohh the joys

[Danni]

It's not a spare! We was using it for wireless and extra ports!

[Colin Burns]

woo hooo

i now have an internet connection but to get it i had to manually enter my IP address and DNS server details as my router is refusing along with dannis to pick up the information.


so has anyone got any ideas

[Niall]

Oddly enough, my connection dropped after reading this thread at about 10 tonight. It came back within a minute, with no obvious problems and all still seems well.

I really am starting to think BT get drunk at the weekends and randomly flick switches. When I last had problems it was them drinking I tell ya!

[Rik]

Is this on Danni's router?

[Colin Burns]

now its really is good times finnaly got internet working again.  and gotta say a big thanks to the phone call from Idnet at about 10pm to tell me that it was evil BT that was having problems

[Rik]

 

[Danni]

Does this mean I can have my router back? I need it to connect our IRC bouncer back up, and I want my wireless N!

[pctech]

IRC Bouncer?

Do you have a guest list?

[gazzthompson]

Im also having connection problems, router restarts fixing it.

no problems reported:

http://usertools.plus.net/exchanges/?exchange=Watton&exact=2156&plugin=vp

What do i do

[Rik]

Are you dropping sync or losing PPP (remaining in sync but unable to access the web)?

[gazzthompson]

How do i tell the difference?

Also whistle 1 computer would drop, the others stay on.

[Rik]

If only one machine is dropping, it's a problem between that machine and the router. Are you connected via cable or wireless, what OS, what are the other OS and connection types.

[gazzthompson]

2 wired W7 machines, 1 wireless Vista laptop. Had this set up for months, no problems. (expect i had to set them all static IPs to stop em from stealing IPs from each other)

[Rik]

Which one's not working?

[gazzthompson]

Laptop and one of the w7 machines.

[Rik]

So, one is working, two are not? It's not wireless as both types of connection are affected. What's the router?

[gazzthompson]

DG834GT