[plug] ADSL stressed out?

[Shannon Carver]

Just thought I'd add, that when I first signed up with Bigpond ADSL 
(Going back, a good 5 years ago now)  I often had a similar problem with 
my Alcatel Speedtouch.  Telstra described the problem as a full pipe, 
something shits itself, and needs to be reset to gain connection again.  
It sounded like a load of shit to me, and at the end of my contract 
period, I swapped straight to Netspace, and was happy for long after, 
without the drop out problem.

However, this could be a problem, affecting ADSL users on Speedtouch's?  
Especially as I imagine a high load 512/512 connection may put a fair 
amount of stress on the old hardware... Naaaah :P



Kai wrote:

> 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 ?
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