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txtman21 · 18-04-2009, 19:44

I'm using IPCOP as my firewall, running on a dedicated PC. I was running PFSense, during the time that the problem started, it's still persisting on IPCOP with the new modem, and as I say it only started happening after what seemed to be the local preparation for the 50meg rollout.

I haven't tried a direct connection into my PC, as I'm 3 floors up, and it's right downstairs with my firewall, alas, I haven't seen the lights either.

I could try a direct connection, however the problem is so intermittent, it could take anything between 10 minutes and 8 hours to repeat the problem.

Aside from the direct connection into a PC, do you have any other suggestions? I can't honestly see that it would be causing problems on my firewall, unless it's NIC's were faulty, but I changed them over as well to ensure it wasn't that, and the problem still persists.

Thanks for you quick replies, please advise me what would be the best next step.

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As for the Sync and Ready light problem - I'll take a look next time it does it, usually when it does disconnect, I don't have to do anything with the modem, simply have to release and renew the IP on my firewall. I never have to restart the modem which I find odd, I thought it would point to a problem with my firewall, but I've checked it for issues, ran 2 different firewall distros on it, and checked for any errors on the interfaces etc. Of which there is none.

I could try a direct connection - but I can't help but wonder if it's VM that are causing the problems. It's so difficult to get a proper techy on the phone!

18-04-2009, 19:44	#8
txtman21 Inactive Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leeds Area Age: 37 Services: 20Meg Broadband Posts: 19	Re: Constant Disconnection Issues I'm using IPCOP as my firewall, running on a dedicated PC. I was running PFSense, during the time that the problem started, it's still persisting on IPCOP with the new modem, and as I say it only started happening after what seemed to be the local preparation for the 50meg rollout. I haven't tried a direct connection into my PC, as I'm 3 floors up, and it's right downstairs with my firewall, alas, I haven't seen the lights either. I could try a direct connection, however the problem is so intermittent, it could take anything between 10 minutes and 8 hours to repeat the problem. Aside from the direct connection into a PC, do you have any other suggestions? I can't honestly see that it would be causing problems on my firewall, unless it's NIC's were faulty, but I changed them over as well to ensure it wasn't that, and the problem still persists. Thanks for you quick replies, please advise me what would be the best next step. ---------- Post added at 19:44 ---------- Previous post was at 19:42 ---------- As for the Sync and Ready light problem - I'll take a look next time it does it, usually when it does disconnect, I don't have to do anything with the modem, simply have to release and renew the IP on my firewall. I never have to restart the modem which I find odd, I thought it would point to a problem with my firewall, but I've checked it for issues, ran 2 different firewall distros on it, and checked for any errors on the interfaces etc. Of which there is none. I could try a direct connection - but I can't help but wonder if it's VM that are causing the problems. It's so difficult to get a proper techy on the phone!