[plug] ADSL stressed out?

[Kai]

Phillip wrote:

> My adsl only cuts out with certain phonecalls, no idea why. Im
> guessing that signal strength varies throughout the day, and picking
> up the phone is just enough to trigger the adsl to cut off? This might
> not be the same reason your having though. And I don't even have a
> filter on the phones.
> 
> 
> On 6/9/05, Chris Caston <caston at arach.net.au> wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 08:55, Michael Collard wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 06:09 +0800, Senectus . wrote:
>>>
>>>>Recently I've been noticing that when I put some very heavy load on my
>>>>ADSL (512/512 with westnet) it drops my connection and after a few
>>>>seconds reconnects..
>>>>
>>>>Any idea's what it might be.. or if there is anything I could do about it?
>>>>The modem is an old "Speed Touch HOME" and the router is a ClarkConnect
>>>
>>>Is it dropping sync? You connecting with a linux box?
>>
>>And do you have any network monitoring logs? ;)
>>
>>>Cheers
>>>Michael Collard

Are you using a cordless phone ? do you have a long extension cord on 
your phone(s) ? do you have any devices that high initial surge currents 
on them (like fluoro lights) near the ADSL line/phone line ? no 
disrespect intended in the next question but is your ADSL filter plugged 
into the wall the right way ?