On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 16:39 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > The other answer is that consumer grade dsl modems and modem/routers > just sometimes lost the plot. > > But there are many reasons. The only way to tell is by time tested > methods with ping, traceroute and other similar tools, testing ip > addresses (that don't need dns resolution) then host names. Indeed. At one job, the most sensible/cost effective way to provide fairly reliable internet access was to have 2 ADSL routers, and when the one in use failed, the spare was put in and the dead one replaced under warranty to become the new spare one.
Knowing the IP address of a remote server that responds to a ping is a pretty reliable test of blame: it's very rare for the ISP to be that broken, so it's *probably* your kit that's at fault... Steve -- Steve Holdoway <st...@greengecko.co.nz> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: st...@greengecko.co.nz
