Connection down.

[vorbei]

Hello

About 9.30pm my connection dropped and would not reconnect although the router kept trying to do so.  The synch with the exchange (Kempston, Bedfordshire) was fine.

I rebooted the router but no PPP session could be established.  I switched the router off for a few minutes and I have finally been able to reconnect although the PPP session several attempts to connect.  I'm on GW5 if that's any help.

Interestingly, when I was with f2s any router reboot would allow a PPP session to connect immediately.  With IDNet it normally takes 2 or 3 attempts for it to connect.  Is this normal?  The synch to the exchange is always instant and has never been an issue.

Thanks for your help!

Tim

[Ted]

Had the same thing happen at 21.13, just went down for no reason. Took about 3mins to come back up.
couple of the log entries were

PPP0 connection lost
PPP0 Chap authentication failure
PPP0 connection terminated

I'm GW5 as well

the 2700 came back up on its own with no reboot

[psp83]

LCP went down at 8:13pm,

I'm on DSL4

[Dopamine]

Same PPP session loss here too, at 9:12 for 3 minutes according to my router log.

After many weeks of speed problems, my connection had been stable for the last few days with good speeds, but today the slow and fluctuating speeds have returned culminating in the dropped connection tonight.

[Sebby]

I can confirm that my PPP session dropped at 21.13 for around 1 minute. I didn't notice - I just checked the log. I'm on GW5.

[Ted]

Same PPP session loss here too, at 9:12 for 3 minutes according to my router log.

After many weeks of speed problems, my connection had been stable for the last few days with good speeds, but today the slow and fluctuating speeds have returned culminating in the dropped connection tonight.

Absolutely identical to me, even the fluctuating speeds today, very strange!

[markiep]

My connection dropped also at around 9.15pm according to my router.

Also after a over a week of excellent speeds since the weekend my speeds
have been fluctuating between about 1meg to the usual 5.5meg even
within a minute so!

It sounds as if BT are  having fun somewhere - I will see how it goes.

[Cookiemonster]

Yup same here! Dropped for about 2 mins didn't notice though as i was gaming!

Haven't noticed any drop in speed though still rock solid at full sync. I'm on GW5.

[Ted]

i think i detect a pattern here, just call me sherlock

[Dopamine]

i think i detect a pattern here, just call me sherlock

I predict a pattern too...

The old established IDNetters will blame BT, the newer IDNetters will not be so sure.

PPP session losses are usually something to do with the ISP, aren't they?

[Sebby]

They are, although they can be caused by BT. Last time this happened (a few weeks back, IIRC) IDNet made a statement on here and something had happened outside of their systems.

[jane]

Same time here too. I guess we won't know how widespread the problem was unless we go looking on other forums. I know my friend had problems on his BT connection yesterday so maybe it is something to do with the notice on the main status page about BT maintenance.
Jane

[kinmel]

Also happened here on dsl4 at 21.13, although I had an immediate reconnect.

My neighbour's BTInternet connection was not affected according to his logs ( I look after his kit and can log into his router by wireless )

[psp83]

LCP went down at 8:13pm,

I'm on DSL4

Make that 9:13pm for mine and not 8:13pm,

Forgot to put the router clock forward an hour last time 

[Inactive]

I predict a pattern too...

The old established IDNetters will blame BT, the newer IDNetters will not be so sure.

I guess I fall in to that category, I wouldn't blame BT, nor IDNet, nor the street lights etc.

Simply because, like I suspect everyone else on here, I just don't know.

[Sebby]

I think that sums it up pretty well, In.

[psp83]

Nah, blame BT.. I hate them and will make me feel better if more people hate them 

[Simon]

I can also confirm, something happened at 21:13, but I have been out all day and evening, so have just checked the log, which I don't understand anyway!  No dropped link, so must have just been PPP?

[Tina]

Yep I lost connection two - just rebooted and connected again straight away

[wonder woman]

LCP went down at 21.12 yesterday evening as well.

[Gary]

Same time here too. I guess we won't know how widespread the problem was unless we go looking on other forums. I know my friend had problems on his BT connection yesterday so maybe it is something to do with the notice on the main status page about BT maintenance.
Jane

Not sure how it works on LLU but no drops last night on O2, saying that our exchange is going all 21cn this year so I expect a big bang from over the rooftops at some point, when they cock it up

[Rik]

PPP failures can occur due to IDNet or BT, I'll see if I can find out anything.

[Rik]

IDNet have checked their logs, there are no issues showing. There was no scheduled BT work at that time, so the suspicion is a BT-MUX issue. Fwiw, my connection did drop momentarily, DSL4.

[Ray]

Same here, Rik, dropped lcp at 21:13 and was back up again within 12 seconds.

[Ted]

what d'you make of this Rik, I don't recall seeing entries with "encap 4 on dsl"
i could be wrong.
would that be anything to do with Dsl4? As far as i'm aware i'm GW5.

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