Glen Wagley wrote: > I contacted the Utopia folks a couple of weeks ago and it looks like my part > of > Orem won't be getting service until next year. I'm stuck with qwest dsl until > then. I have the infamous actiontec modem which I loathe. About once or twice > a > week (and always while I'm at work), I'll notice that I can't ssh into my box > at > home. I then ping the modem (which I have setup as a gateway) and of course it > has frozen. I then call my wife and kindly ask her to unplug the stupid thing > and plug it back in. This has bitten me a few times when I needed to drag some > files off that box remotely. Qwest claims that this is normal. Barring the > fact > that I need to get a Cisco 678, what else can I do to keep this stupid > actiontec > up? Is there any way that I could have a machine ping the thing every so > often, > and kick off something that would powercycle it when needed?
There's an unofficial fix for that, I think. I have a friend who does DSL support at Qwest, I'll ask him about it. Qwest doesn't officially support the fix though, for some reason. .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
