Commentary on telocity - was Re: [ale] pppoe and telocity DSL

[Transam@cavu.com]

Chris Fowler wrote:

> I used to have this problem with a cable modem.  I used X10 and a small
> bourne script to recycle the power.  

I wish that I had thought of this.  An X10 telephone transponder would be
just the thing!

Recycling power is hard on the hardware, if done frequently.  An alternative
would be their X10 Universal Module for $19.95.  It could be wired across
the reset contacts.  A single command to it will close the relay contacts
for two seconds and release.

Actually, had I thought of this, it would have prevented an annoying problem
that I've been having at a client's.

I think the most recent Linux Journal had an ad for a system board that
allows remote resets too.

Bob Toxen
transam at cavu.com                       [Bob's ALE Bulk email]

> Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul D. Manno [mailto:paul at dblegl.atl.ga.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 6:14 PM
> To: Thompson Freeman
> Cc: John Mills; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: Commentary on telocity - was Re: [ale] pppoe and telocity
> DSL


> On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Thompson Freeman wrote:

> }On 26 Jun 2001, John Mills wrote:
> }
> }<snip>
> }> The only way I've found to reconnect after (2) is to cycle power on 
> }> their modem. This is a nuisance because the modem and router live on 
> }> a shelf in the basement, and there is no way to recover access if I'm
> }> not home.
> }<<snip>>
> }
> }I'd like to chime in on your point 2). (thankyou). I also loose the link
> }between the telocity modem thingy and the net and need to power cycle to
> }regain contact. For me, and I haven't kept the data to be sure, it seems
> }to happen after 30 + days of uptime. Also, it appears that access starts
> }getting slower and slower as the connection gets ready to go down. 
> }
> }As such, if somebody has an idea about how to monitor these two
> }observations, I'd be interested in getting some sort of
> }confirmation. Also, the obvious treatment would be to power cycle the
> }blasted thing with a timer - crude but could be very effective.

> Well... as a starter hack:

>  while true; do
>     traceroute IP_OF_PROVIDER_GATEWAY 2>&1 | grep "^ 2" >/dev/null
>     result="$?"
>     if test "$result" -ne 0; then
>         if test "$state" = "up"; then
>             echo DSL appears to be down at `date`
>             state=down
>         fi
>     elif test "$result" -eq 0; then
>         if test "$state" = "down"; then
>             echo DSL appears to be back up at `date`
>             state=up
>         fi
>     fi
>     sleep 60
>  done

> -- Paul
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