Try adding the PC with the Telnet session to the DMZ of the Linksys. This worked for me with a DSL connection that would drop after 15 minutes-4 hours. Now it stays up 1-2 days.
73, Les At 09:35 PM 7/17/02 -0500, John Desmond wrote: >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 > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > >_______________________________________________ >Dx4win mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
