dan99t wrote:I gave you an average of 13 seconds based on what it showed in my chat client. And I noticed that it takes few seconds after my net goes down to show up in my chat client that it is down. So I exactly can't say how long the actual internet is down but after starring at the modem, it sounds to be the same. And most importantly all my other programs like stock prices, email, simple Google home page etc goes down along with chat so I know the net is down. To top it, the DSL yellow light & Green Internet light goes off too. So for sure I know that my net is down.
dan99t wrote:SecretSquirrel wrote:"There should be another light that probably blinks as well. It would light up when you plug the network cable into your modem. It would be the network link and activity light for your side of the modem. It indicates a connection between the network port on your modem and the network port on your computer. It will generally stay lit and blink off when there is traffic. If it is going off at the interval that you loose connectivity then it would imply that the problem is on your side of the network.
I am not sure which light you are talking about but I think it must be the Yellow & Green Light on back of my Modem & I have not observed that to give you any idea but I will now do so.
On the back of the modem you have the ports marked LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, and LAN4. Each has two lights, a green and a yellow. The green is most likely the link light that says there is a good connection between the modem and your computer. It would be the one that blinked when there was network activity. The yellow is probably a speed indicator that will light up if the LAN connection is running at 100Mbps. Please watch these indicators and see if they go off when you loose internet access.
It is starting to sound, to me, like the modem is resetting itself. If the LAN indicator lights go out when you loose internet then it is very likely the modem is resetting. Another test you can do is to ping the modem. I'm going to assume that you are running Windows XP. The instructions that follow will be written based on that assumption. If you are running something else, adjust accordingly.
1) Open a command prompt
Start->Run: type cmd then hit enter.
2) Determine the IP address of the router. Type the following.
ipconfig /all
You are looking for two lines. One will say "IP Address". This is the address of your computer. It will probably be 192.168.1.?, where the ? is some number between 2 and 254. Don't worry if it is something else. The second line you are looking for will say "Default Gateway". This will be the address of your router. My guess is that it will be 192.168.1.1, but it could be something different. The first three octets (the numbers between the periods) will match those of your computer address.
3) Ping your router. Run the following command.
ping -t -w 1000 192.168.1.1.
Replace the 192.168.1.1 with the address of your router (the default gateway line above), if it is something different. This command will print output approximate once per second. When thing are working, you will get output that looks similar to this.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Let it run until your internet goes down. You may start seeing it output this.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
...
...
If you get the request timed out coincident with your internet connection going away, then you need to get a new router as this one is rebooting very frequently. If you continue to get the "Reply from..." messages when your internet goes down, then the problem is between the modem and the telco equipment on the other end of your line. The problem could still be in your modem or it could be on the telco end. It will be a bit harder to track down. My money is on your modem rebooting though.
dan99t wrote:Sorry but No. It starts with B & ends with L.
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BSNL Broadband page has a color scheme the likes of which I have not seen since the early days of Geocities....
--SS
