* cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061109 09:52]: > * Russell L. Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > From your bellsouth address and the fact that you have DHCP, I presume > > you are also have to contend with PPPoE. I suspect that PPPoE may be > > the culprit. > > No, I have never had to use PPPoE before that I am aware of. ... > What is causing me the headaches right now is that it is basically > working. Most of the time I do get a connection when I boot, though > not always. But, after getting connected, most of the time that > connection just drops out completely leaving it useless. But, since > it connected in the first place, I really don't know where to look for > the failure.
Perhaps the router is taking care of PPPoE? SWBell (which I previously used as ISP) typically uses PPPoE. Last week, my present ISP (oplink.net) sent out an announcement and even telephoned clients, asking those who have a Linksys router to contact Linksys for a firmware upgrade. Oplink does not use PPPoE, but does use DHCP. Oplink told me that they were trying to correct a problem which sounds very much like the one which you are experiencing. But if you happen to have an old machine and a pair of ethernet cards, it can provide a "sanity check" with the expenditure of only an hour, even if you plan to continue using the Linksys router. Note that SmoothWall is a router as well as a firewall. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
