connection loss MN700

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I have been intermittenly loosing connection with the
MN700... It happens about once a day sometimes more.. I
have the newest firmware (.590) But I had this problem
before the update.. but now it seems more frequent. The
only way to fix the problem is to reset either the modem
or the base station... I have an ADSL connection... could
this be a problem with the modem or is the problem in the
base station?? btw once I loose connection.. I go to the
base station management.. and try to reconnect from
there... but it doesn't work... anyone have any
suggestions?

 

[ken]

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You too, hey?

I've been following the newsgroup, specifically to see if
others have a similar problem as you describe on DSL using
PPPoE. Many do, including myself; at least I used to ...

Among the follow ups, I've seen various people advising to
check the log for a "PADT," indicating that the PPPoE
server has sent a notification to the router to terminate
the connection. In some cases, people respond that they
do indeed see a PADT in the log *just* before connection
is lost, but not always. What most people don't seem to
see is that you can see *MANY* PADTs in the log, but for
most of them, the basestation automatically recovers. It
will go through the whole authentication process again -
at least mine does. So, seeing PADTs in the log is normal
(?) - however, seeing one without the corresponding re-
authentication process is not (normal). Thus, those of us
affected, go through the hardware reset process, as it is
the only process that works.

As I said, I *used* to have this problem until recently,
when I connected a Voice Over IP (VoIP) IAD [it's a device
that allows your regular phone to work on a VoIP
connection over DSL] to the LAN. Since then, it [PPPoE
connection] has *never* gone down without coming back up
automatically. Only after thinking this through did an
explanation (theory?) occur to me ... prior to connecting
the IAD, there was *NOTHING* on the LAN, except when I
occasionally (2-3 times/week) connected my laptop. I
found that the PPPoE connection dropped only at a time
when I was not connected with the laptop.

So, the question to you and other folks experiencing this
same frustration is: when you lose your PPPoE connection,
is there anything else on the LAN?

My question is: is my theory sound or am I just whistling
dixie?

Thanks and sorry for the long read ...
>-----Original Message-----
>I have been intermittenly loosing connection with the
>MN700... It happens about once a day sometimes more.. I
>have the newest firmware (.590) But I had this problem
>before the update.. but now it seems more frequent. The
>only way to fix the problem is to reset either the modem
>or the base station... I have an ADSL connection... could
>this be a problem with the modem or is the problem in the
>base station?? btw once I loose connection.. I go to the
>base station management.. and try to reconnect from
>there... but it doesn't work... anyone have any
>suggestions?
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