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 cmcasey79
join:2000-12-10
Farmington, MI
kudos:1
 ·Bright House
| reply to Jeff65
Re: [Tomato] WRT54GL slow to recognize lost connection How often is your connection dropping? It sounds like quite a bit if you are getting frustrated with the router.. You might want to call your ISP and have them check your line. DSL connections these days should be very stable, and should very rarely drop a connection.
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- cmcasey79, BrightHouse Business Class (10000/1500), Farmington Hills, MI | |
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join:2004-03-15
Carriere, MS
kudos:1 | said by cmcasey79: DSL connections these days should be very stable, and should very rarely drop a connection. It often isn't a question of a stable DSL connection, but rather of a local tech working on the equipment. When that happens, you typically get LCP (link control protocol) error messages, followed by an attempt by the firmware to log into the system again. At no time is the DSL signal actually lost.
The firmware sends a periodic query over the PPPoE link to see if the connection is still alive. If there are no responses for some predefined number of attempts, the firmware assumes it has been disconnected, and it reattempts the login.
Tomato takes a little too long to discover the disconnection, because it only checks once every 30 seconds by default. Reducing the check interval makes Tomato decide to reconnect sooner.
At my location, it is typical for AT&T techs to work on local equipment from time to time, causing connection losses once or twice per day. Once they finish whatever they are doing, the connection persists for many days. | |
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