[Hoary] ADSL connection stops working after 2.5 hours of uptime

Ari Torhamo ari.torhamo at saunalahti.fi
Tue May 17 20:48:54 UTC 2005


Hi,

My brother just mailed me about the problem he has had since I upgraded
his system to Hoary. His Internet connection always goes down after
about 2.5 hours (this varies a bit) and to get back online my brother
has to reboot he's PC. He is connected to Internet through an ethernet
card and an external ADSL device. He just tested the connection with
Windows XP and it stayed on for 22 hours until he shut down the machine.
A week ago the problem disappeared for a couple of days seemingly
without a reason.

It would be great to get some advice on how to track down the problem
behind this behaviour. I'm not sitting at my brothers machine now, so I
may have to give him instructions over the phone. Because of this I may
not be able to answer back here immediately. If the possible solution
includes using the command line, I will have the unpleasant task to talk
my brother over to use the terminal for the first time in his life (and
I know he is not going to like it :)

Regards,

Ari Torhamo





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