I've been on Bigpond Wireless for about two and a half years using a Maxon BP3-EXT modem. I'm connected 12-16 hrs daily. Unexpected disconnects seem to be increasing during recent months. Currently I get about 5 or 6 a day. When the connection fails I switch off the modem for 10-20 seconds, then reconnect. On rare occasions it may take several minutes to reconnect.
Like you I have wondered about a fault in the modem, but I usually discount this on the basis that a modem either works or it doesn't. I feel a more likely cause to be vagaries with the ISP. These are gut feelings, as I have no hard evidence. I would certainly like to hear more comment on the matter of unexpected wireless disconnects. Vlad James 24" iMac 2.4 GHz Intel 2GB / 667MHz / 320GB OS X 10.6.3 On 31/03/2010, at 12:31 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: > > I have two questions. > > First is to do with an internet connection that drops out after about an > hour. > > In my CBD office I have a Linksys Wireless-G modem model WAG54G and a > MacBook Pro OS 10.6.2. > > I use a wireless connection between the computer and the modem. The only > wires connected to the modem are the phone line (through a filter) and power > cord. > > The menu bar on the computer shows 5 bar connection with the modem, but > after about an hour of use I get an error message saying that Entourage > cannot find the server, and a message on Safari saying that I am not > connected to the internet. Westnet reports that I am connected even when the > computer reports tat there is no internet connection > > The computer remains connected for hours on end when I use it at home. > > When there is no internet connection lights that are solidly alight on the > modem are labelled Power, Ethernet 2, WLAN. The light labelled DSL blinks. > > When there is an internet connection, the light labelled Ethernet 2 is not > alight, and the lights labelled WLAN, DSL and Internet are alight solidly. > > Each time connection fails I unplug the modem, let it sit for a while, and > then reconnect. > > Am I right in thinking that there is a fault in the modem? > > (I have not pressed the reset button. Not because I'm lazy, but because I > can't find the manual and cannot remember the numbers to enter into the url > address bar in the browser.) > > Now for my second question. > > I am fortunate in that as well as being able to connect to Westnet via a > phone point in my office which is a direct phone line, I can connect to a > different network via an ethernet (totally separate from my personal isp > connection and using different access port in the skirting board). > > At the moment I run an ethernet cable from the port in the skirting board to > the ethernet port in my computer. > > Could I instead run that cable to the Linksys modem (which has 4 ethernet > ports), and then use a wireless connection between the computer and the > modem? > > Regards, > > Michael Hawkins. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
