At 2:56 AM +0930 7/19/06, Tim wrote: >On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 17:43 +0200, thierry itty wrote: >> Sometimes the internet connection is lost and there no way to get it >> back but to reset the modem (even rebooting the server doesn't make it, >> it's really a modem frozen problem) >> Instead of paying somebody to drive there and pull the AC plug from the >> socket then push it in again, I decided to find some Remote Power >> Control device which could allow the server to do that by itself when it >> decides the modem is frozen. > >Have you considered replacing the modem, first? Though that is a possibility, it can also happen that the ATM Virtual Circuit is lost, even though the DSL connection is fine. Power-cycling the DSL modem will also restore the VC. There may be a way to do this through commands to the modem, say telling it to disconnect and reconnect, but I don't know. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
