Connection dropping out

[lobsterboy1]

I am using BT Fon, and the home hub is set to channel 1 and the WA701ND is set to channel 11 so will just leave it at that. Should I delete the home hub from all my wireless devices so they never connect to it to take the wireless "load" off the home hub or won't it make any difference. Cheers

[Keith_Beddoe]

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lobsterboy1 wrote:
I am using BT Fon, and the home hub is set to channel 1 and the WA701ND is set to channel 11 so will just leave it at that. Should I delete the home hub from all my wireless devices so they never connect to it to take the wireless "load" off the home hub or won't it make any difference. Cheers

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If nothing connects to the home hub, then you can just leave it as it is.

If you have used a different wireless key on the WA701ND, then there is no chance of that happening accidentally.

[lobsterboy1]

Ok thanks for your help will just wait and see.now if connection improves. Cheers

[john46]

Please keep us posted on your progress

[lobsterboy1]

Hi, connection just dropped again the broadband light flashed oragnge for about 30 seconds then came back on. Here are the stats.

ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state	Connected
Connection time	0 days, 0:11:27
Downstream	5,447 Kbps
Upstream	1,067 Kbps

ADSL settings
VPI/VCI	0/38
Type	PPPoA
Modulation	ITU-T G.992.5
Latency type	Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)	3.4 dB / 5.8 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)	48.0 dB / 23.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)	0.0 dBm / 13.0 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)	0
Loss of Signal (Local)	0
Loss of Power (Local)	0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)	328643 / 4294967264
CRC Errors (Down/Up)	3 / N/A
HEC Errors (Down/Up)	N/A / 0
Error Seconds (Local)	19499

 I looked in the event log and it says this.

09:22:23  25 Feb 	LOGIN User admin logged in on [HTTP] (from 192.168.1.75)
09:22:01  25 Feb 	LOGIN User Basic logged in on [HTTP] (from 192.168.1.75)
09:13:24  25 Feb 	LOGIN User admin logged in on [HTTP] (from 192.168.1.69)
09:13:13  25 Feb 	CONFIGURATION saved by TR69
09:12:52  25 Feb 	LOGIN User Basic logged in on [HTTP] (from 192.168.1.69)
09:12:38  25 Feb 	FIREWALL event (1 of 2): deleted rules
09:12:37  25 Feb 	PPP link up (Internet) [86.168.13.146]
09:12:37  25 Feb 	FIREWALL event (1 of 2): created rules
09:12:37  25 Feb 	PPP CHAP Chap receive success : authentication ok
09:12:37  25 Feb 	PPP CHAP Receive challenge (rhost = bras-red2.ls-bas)
09:12:22  25 Feb 	FIREWALL event (1 of 3): modified rules
09:12:22  25 Feb 	xDSL linestate up (ITU-T G.992.5; downstream: 5447 kbit/s, upstream: 1067 kbit/s; output Power Down: 19.8 dBm, Up: 13.0 dBm; line Attenuation Down: 48.0 dB, Up: 23.0 dB; snr Margin Down: 6.1 dB, Up: 2.9 dB)
09:12:20  25 Feb 	PPP link down (Internet) [86.163.22.102]
09:11:58  25 Feb 	xDSL linestate down
09:11:52  25 Feb 	LOGIN User Basic logged in on [HTTP] (from 192.168.1.69)
09:11:35  25 Feb 	FIREWALL event (1 of 1): created rules
09:11:34  25 Feb 	FIREWALL event (1 of 1): deleted rules
09:11:34  25 Feb 	xDSL linestate down
08:38:20  25 Feb 	SNTP Synchronised again to server: 213.123.26.170

There are also a few of these in the log

02:47:32  25 Feb 	FIREWALL icmp check (1 of 6): Protocol: ICMP Src ip: 95.211.153.196 Dst ip: 86.163.22.102 Type: Destination Unreachable Code: Communication with Destination Host is Administratively Prohibited

 and

04:55:01  25 Feb 	FIREWALL icmp check (1 of 1): Protocol: ICMP Src ip: 94.156.248.190 Dst ip: 86.163.22.102 Type: Destination Unreachable Code: Host Unreacheable

 Are these normal?

 And does this mean every time the connection drops does the 3 days start again?

Cheers

[Keith_Beddoe]

No, it does not. Its probably a burst of noise on the line, or someone has disturbed the connection in the exchange.

Mine does the same, usually a couple of times a month.

Your noise margin is very low at the moment, so that will make it more prone to disconnects.

You had a burst of error seconds, which was probably the cause of the line drop.

Could be some electrical interference, thermostat or similar, it does happen.

[lobsterboy1]

Hi, spoke to Jaimie on Saturday and he said he was going to monitor the line over 24 hours from then. He also gave me a link to a check list. I have done the checks and everything seems ok but it is still dropping connection. I have just checked and the noise margin is 1.6 and the hub reconnected about 10 hours ago when there would have been nobody home. I thought jaimie was going to ring me but it was a bad line so maybe I misheard him.

[lobsterboy1]

Hi, its been a week now and no improvement the longest the hub has stayed connected that I have seen is 1 day 12 hours. I hav managed to get hold of a corded phone and when I do the quiet line test I can hear a very feint static noise it stays constant doesn't go higher or lower like when a old tv had no signal. Don't know if this is normal. Cheers

[john46]

hi there should be no noise at all with the quiet line test did you check at the test socket for noise ??

[lobsterboy1]

Hi just checked at the test socket and its still there. Could this be the problem I don't seem to have any problem with phone calls, funniley the worst phone call I have had was with bt forum mod jaimie last saturday.