Can anybody explain this to me?

F9 did a line check - no fault found
BT engineer has been out - no fault found
Lynksis have communicated with our router - no fault found but still no connection

I lug the router next door and plug in, and the ADSL light that had been flashing in my house returns to a constant state (did not go throught the rigmarole of connecting to his provider coz it's his works connection)

I come home, plug in, and the blasted thing works!!!

Anybody know why?
:confused:

As a network engineer, this happens all the time. If it doesn't work, unplug it / reboot it and nine times out of ten it will start working again.
Also, I've had many dealings with BT and other companies. When they say no fault found they often mean they've reset the circuit because they can't be bothered doing any investigative work. Again, quite often this cures the fault and the circuit will burst into life a few minutes after you've spoken to them.

Never mind how it works - it works! Welcome back Strix! Now get posting. :thumbsup:

Did you at any point unplug the router in your house for longer than 20 seconds before trying it next door?

Sometimes my router needs to be turned off for a while and then back on again to re-establish the connection with the ISP.

EDIT: Already suggested by the time i typed it up.

I'd unplugged the whole thing several times, including overnight, in an effort to get it to reset itself.

I watched the BT engineer like a hawk, and after he left it still wouldn't work. Plugging in in my neighbour's seems to have been the cure :confused:

He is with a different provider (though I don't know if this makes a difference)

Sounds like the dibler valve and the whatdoyoucallit had some stuff going down flooble pipe Strix :wink:

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Aw, thanks Vidster. I knew I could rely on a straight answer from you :hihi:

Welcome back Strix; it has been very quiet round here lately! ;)

You can talk K! ;)

Sounds like the dibler valve and the whatdoyoucallit had some stuff going down flooble pipe Strix

Double dog dare you to add that expanation to Cbt Techs site Vidster :D

Originally posted by Draggletail
Double dog dare you to add that expanation to Cbt Techs site Vidster :D

I'd pay to see that one! :D

Next thread you could start is Strix goes to the shops or Strix makes a cuppa tea :thumbsup: welcome back.

Why thank you Jon, King of 'I'm really bored' ;)

Out of interest what ADSL modem/router have you got?

Joel

Linksys wag54g Joel

I wonder if it has the same problem that plagued the 11mbp/s version. My one used to just drop off randomly, and refuse to work for a few days. Just did it every 4 or 5 weeks. Binned it when i managed to get my hands on a Cisco 820 series :D

Joel

Sounds like Mr Strix has been reading a couple of mags and has his eye on a replacement if it dares step out of line again :suspect:

Netgear, or Dlink are better then Linksys.

Joel

Aaaah, Yes.

I can see the problem now! (http://wireless.gumph.org/content/4/4/011-wag54g-insides.html):D

:suspect: so you don't know either then CGK :hihi:

It was BT's fault, I can assure you.

And D-Link are far worse than Linksys. The Netgear DG834G would be a good choice, but then I'd also be quite happy with the Linksys .

Yeah, I'll come out in defense of Linksys - their kit I've got at the moment is much much better than the netgear and dlink stuff I've used in the past. I guess it depends which model of each brand you use though!

I would have put Joel down as someone who went for an openwrt firmware setup though! :)

Originally posted by Joelc
I wonder if it has the same problem that plagued the 11mbp/s version. My one used to just drop off randomly, and refuse to work for a few days. Just did it every 4 or 5 weeks. Binned it when i managed to get my hands on a Cisco 820 series :D

Joel

Linksys is actually owned by Cisco. They bought them a couple of years ago. No surprise - Cisco buys out everyone in the end. I've not worked on Linksys (I don't come across them in the business world), I think they are pretty low end stuff and don't run Cisco IOS.

http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/hd_032003.html

You know that Linksys are merely the cheaper end of Cisco?

:)

Originally posted by Cols
Linksys is actually owned by Cisco. They bought them a couple of years ago. No surprise - Cisco buys out everyone in the end. I've not worked on Linksys (I don't come across them in the business world), I think they are pretty low end stuff and don't run Cisco IOS.

http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/hd_032003.html

I'm well aware of the Linksys - Cisco status, but Cisco stuff is better then linksys (Cisco stuff is good, I use them for switches, Juniper is waaaay better, but a tad more expensive, and I tend to use theIr firewalls and routers, as they are much better than Cisco offerings).

Linksys, home gear is crap, but the top end stuff isnt actually that bad, you start to see the trickel down from Cisco, and for SMB's the linksys top end switches offer great VFM and do what they say on the tin. I use them here at work, 4 Linksys 10/100/1000 switches coupled to a gigabit Cisco 8000 series switch for the backbone.

The bottom line is, low end Linksys is naff, the fact that its owned by Cisco isnt really seen till you start spending upwards of £200.

Joel