On 21:42:07 Oct 24, Parthan SR wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since I came home today and turned up my modem alive, I have been facing
> frequent disconnections. Am not sure whether this has anything to do with
> the rain and hence bad connection or something wrong with my modem which is
> kinda screwed up. I have setup pppoe to connect my BSNL Broadband
> connection and I can see the following in the plog,
>
> Oct 24 21:32:53 garuda pppd[14873]: No response to 4 echo-requests
> Oct 24 21:32:53 garuda pppd[14873]: Serial link appears to be disconnected.
> Oct 24 21:32:53 garuda pppd[14873]: Connect time 3.0 minutes.
> Oct 24 21:32:53 garuda pppd[14873]: Sent 1587 bytes, received 20649 bytes.
> Oct 24 21:32:59 garuda pppd[14873]: Connection terminated.
> Oct 24 21:32:59 garuda pppd[14873]: Modem hangup
>
> Does this mean that the modem is screwing up and as an effect of it my
> connection gets disconnected? A successive plog after this showing the
> following,
I don't think I can make much sense out of the above log but going by my
long and chequered experience with MODEMS, BSNL and Internet
connectivity in general I will suspect two things:
a) Your MODEM's health
b) Your physical link - the phone line
BSNL has underground cables, so I don't think rains will affect much.
There are a couple of tests you can do.
At least that is what I did when I had problems.
You could try with a different MODEM by loaning one from BSNL office or
from your friend. That way you can isolate the problem(s).
Then you can monitor the LED indicators in the MODEM to glean more data.
ADSL and that too BSNL is supposed to be incredibly stable. If not
something is wrong somewhere.
Lastly you can try to accost a BSNL lineman to come and inspect the
noise levels in your phone line.
Do you hear an irritating sound on your phone?
Or crosstalk?
-Girish
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