At 2:07 PM -0400 4/12/07, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: >| From: William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> > >| On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 15:22 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >| > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 20:53:35 +0100, >| > Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >| > > >| > > Is there some way of restarting an Ethernet modem (ADSL) with >| > > software, i.e., without switching it off and then on by hardware? >| > >| > This is a bit off topic for this forum (unless the modem is running >Fedora). >| > >| >| Yea, it is OT, but, boy, would I like to read an answer. >| >| I have a cable service provider, rogers.com, that won't talk to you if >| you have a router or use Linux. > >Rogers.com isn't ADSL, it is cable TV broadband (DOCSIS). > >Why do you (Paul) want to restart your ADSL modem? Or you (William) >want to restart your Rogers DOCSIS modem? > >I ask because this sounds like you have a solution in mind for some >problem and I suspect that there might be a better solution. ... My ADSL modem needs restarting, oh, every couple of months to re-establish connectivity. This has been the case for many years now, both when I used DHCP and one ISP and now that I use PPPoE (done by my NAT router) with Verizon, both cases with ADSL connectivity provided by Verizon. The modem lights always show proper connectivity. The router often shows issues; in the past, wrong IP addresses; now it may not be able to establish the PPPoE connection. My assumption is that Verizon has dropped the ATM VC, and the power-cycle gets it re-established. My ADSL modem is an old white Westell. There exists a pay update that adds PPPoE and web-based management, but I don't have it. Its present management tools require running without NAT or firewall of any kind, so I have never used them. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
