Im back with another BEFSR41 Router question

walks · Sep 20, 2002

Just a quick one, My internet cuts out from time to time using certain programs like MSN, Yahoo IM, mIRC. It seems to just disconnect instead of staying online all the time. It never used to do this with my Netgear Router and I was wondering if it possibly had anything to do with a setting within my Router or with my ISP? However I have the same ISP, Im just moved to a different city. The connection I have is ADSL.

Is there anything that could be done to fix this??

Enkrypted · Sep 20, 2002

What company are you getting your DSL through??

walks · Sep 20, 2002

Telus

TheOldMan346 · Sep 22, 2002

walks,

Make sure that the "keep alive" is enabled on your router with a low redial period (30 seconds?) and that "Connect on Demand" is not set.

Hope that helps.
The Old Man

walks · Sep 22, 2002

Thanks so much, it was set on Connect on Demand with a 5minutes time limit

Enkrypted · Sep 23, 2002

Walks,

Here's a site you should check out for your DSL. It can help benchmark your speed and diagnose if your getting a slow connection.

http://www.dslreports.com/tools

walks · Sep 23, 2002

What happens if I set the redial period to 0?

TheOldMan346 · Sep 24, 2002

walks,

Haven't seen any references to this but 30 seconds is generally not noticeable.

The Old Man

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