Hi All, I have a Motorola Cable Modem here and Linksys Router. I have occasional drops now, as well as before the router was installed. When routed through DXTelnet, I have auto-reconnect and keep alive selected. If I do drop, it reconnects on its own. Just FYI! 73, Zig KM9M
"KC9JS, John" wrote: > I'm using a Telnet connection via a Cable Modem and have no problems at all > with dropouts or timeouts. I'm not using a router or anything like that, > just a Motorola Cable Modem connected to a Gateway 700S computer using > Windows XP and DX4win 5.03. So far it's all working fine. So your problem > must be related to the Linksys router. Just saying it may be something you > should look it. > 73 de John/KC9JS > Twin Lakes, WI > ************************************* > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kurt W. Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <dx4win@mailman.qth.net> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:45 PM > Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout > > > Not really knowing much about the Linksys router, I would seem to think > > that you are experiencing a time out instead of loosing track of the > telnet > > session. You should have some user-definable parameters in any router to > > allow you to change and/or configure timeouts. > > > > I would not give up all hope on the Linksys router until it has been fully > > explored. Mind you, most of the folks on tech-support help desks don't > > always have the answers. I've found that out from personal experience. > > > > > > 73; > > Kurt - W2MW > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Desmond [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:35 PM > > To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout > > > > Hi Alan, > > > > I just read your note today. I have had this same problem ever since > going > > to a > > cable modem over a year ago. My telnet sessions would drop anywhere from > 2 > > hours to 10 hours after they were set-up. The sessions were not just to > > DXClusters that had the problem. I use telnet to other systems such as > > routers > > and Linux machines. They all had the same problem. > > > > I have a Linksys router with the 4 port switch. In the past I have tried > > calling Linksys tech support and also have loaded every new version of > code > > that > > was released, hoping that they might just fix it, even if it were > > inadvertent. > > Their support is just plain awful if not just plain pathetic. > > > > What proved to me that it was the Linksys was when I replaced it with a > > Cisco > > 806. The dropped sessions stopped. I have had sessions up for a week > plus > > with > > no drops. It is pretty clear to me that the Linksys is loosing track of > > the > > telnet session somehow. > > > > The answer may not be that you need a Cisco router. I have never tried > any > > of > > the other brands out there like D-Link, etc. They may not have this > > problem. > > > > > > 73, John K0TG > > > > > > Alan Clark wrote: > > > > > I have recently converted from a dial-up to an ISP to get my DX Spots to > > a > > > Cable Modem. Since converting to the cable modem I notice that it times > > out > > > and goes off line without any notification. All I notice is that I am > > not > > > getting spots any more. Works fine when I dial up the ISP, but with the > > > cable modem it times out. Any insight to a solution? > > > > > > Alan, N5PA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Dx4win mailing list > > > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dx4win mailing list > > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dx4win mailing list > > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
