At 03:10 PM 9/14/2006, Jerry Guritzky wrote:
>
> Any chance you have bought yourself a new phone and
> plugged it in and forget to use the filter or an
> existing filter has gotten unplugged by mistake somehow?
No, that's not the case... Everything works OK on about
2 out of 3 of cold starts (it's turned off every night);
and no configuration changes have occurred...
Thanks,
Bill
>Approx. 1/3 of the time, upon turning this computer on, Windows 2000
>loads, but the DSL connection fails. The "fix" is to reboot the
>computer, and immediately disconnect the power to both the DSL modem
>and the router.
>
>( Those times when the DSL connection fails, there is NO warning icon
>appearing in the Windows system tray -- and the Device Manager's Network
>Adapter dialog says the "device is working properly". Also, the modem
>and router indicator lights all appear normal. )
>
>After rebooting, I wait until Windows fully loads -- then reconnect
>the modem power (wait until the lights stop blinking) -- and finally
>reconnect the router power (wait until the lights stop blinking).
>
>This lengthy procedure always establishes the DSL connection.
>
>How can I diagnose and/or fix this situation?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bill
>
>
>P.S. - Rebooting the modem, and/or the router, without rebooting
>the computer is ineffective.
>
>When I called Verizon DSL Tech, they prescribed the above procedure,
>and suggested the problem might be due to Verizon "working on their
>servers, or something..." However, Verizon DSL has always worked
>without any problems for five years, and this started only a few
>weeks ago. There have been no recent hardware changes, and only
>minor software updates, e.g., Firefox 1.50.6.
>
>
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