[ale] SNMP and DSL modem question

[John Mills]

ALErs -

The recent discussion of Telocity (worse service by the day!) and
Roadrunner modems has brought me a question:

Could I set up an SNMP agent to send a 'restart' trap to my Telocity
"Gateway" (ASDL modem)? I know nothing about the modem, but more and more
frequently I must reboot it by cycling power, in order to re-establish my
access to the net.

Some people have attacked this problem by putting the modem on an outlet
controlled from their computer and cycling power when net-access appears
to be lost, but if the modem provided a 'restart' trap my Linux box could
hit, that seems cleaner.

Comments?
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Regards -
 John Mills


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