Monitoring (crappy) DSL connection

I have on my hard disk a dmg of something called ADSL Internet Connect, which I must have downloaded a year or more ago. I do n ot use this myself and only downloaded as a matter of interest.

It is a script that checks the connection from time to time. I did not write this, and I do not know where I found it. Perhaps someone over at the AppleScript forum might help.

A DSL connection should be up 24/7 so why not try get to the root cause and resolve that. If you can rule out an issue with your wireless connection and modem then that would suggest that your dsl provider needs to check the line.

When your connection drops can you ping your router?

Do you have a good wireless signal?

Have you scanned the area to see if there are other wireless networks broadcasting on the same channel as you causing interference?

ADSL is dependant on the length of the line between you and the phone exchange. It is also dependant on the quality of the copper wireing. If your are more than 5 Miles from the phone exchange then you may start to get too much noise on the line. This would effect the speed at which your modem sycronises with the exchange.

Depending on the type of modem you have you should be able to look at the statistics of the conneciton.

line atenuation
Noise margin
Output Power
sync speed etc,

You can try and improve the speed of your connection by using high quality micro filters, making sure each phone socket in your house is filtered.

I am lucky I only live 250metres from the phone exchange so I syncronise at over 20,000 kbps down and 1300 kbps up.

Anyway, if you get yourself an AIM screen name just use ichat to login to the aim network. iChat would tell you immediatelyl if it looses its connection. This would be an indicator at to whether your connection is up.

Hello! You said you have "checked" the lines and they are ok. Another thing to check is the distance from the "DeMark" box to the dsl modem. The "DeMark" is the box, usually on the outside of the house" where the phone company stops and your lines begin. Loose connections here or dirty ones cause problems. Also if the distance from the "DeMark" to the modem is over 25 feet or so I would check the wire size. When I installed my dsl the signal was weak (100 ft from DeMark and very small telephone wire) and would "lose sync" so I ran a heavy guage telephone wire from the "DeMark" to the jack for the computer and it's been fine ever since. The more phone jacks you have the more noise potential. I used a "whole house" filter instead of individual filters at each phone. I'm on the edge of the 23,000 ft limit for my phone company dsl service but I haven't had any problems in 4-5 years. If you decide to run a new line why not move the dsl modem out of the garage and closer to where the computer is located. I highly suspect it's a wire issue as others have stated. Hope this helps. Tom

The "DeMark" is the box,

we call this the BT master socket in the UK. and this is where you should connect your adsl modem directly when troubleshooting connection issues.

In UK we are authorised by the phone company (British Telecom) to remove the front plate off the master socket, this reveals a test socket. We then plug our ADSL modem directly into that then check the line atenuation, noise levesl sync rate etc, this how you rule out an issue with any internal wiring in the house.

HI

I too am having problems with my adsl connection .. it drops out whenever downloading demo's of just surfing .. and when ever i look at peer to peer programmes if disconnects.. but never when getting or sending emails..
it could be after 10 minutes of 7 hours.. and the hassle is the only way i can reconnect is to restart the computer..

i have spent hours on the phone trying to speak to techs at service provider.. and they cannot locate the problem and nor can BT .. I have replaced modem Speedtouch 330 changed USB ports, changed cables to demark box, changed micro filters and even changed service provider
can anyone advise

thanks


G5 2.5 dual powermac Mac OS X (10.4.4) Broadband problems

G5 2.5 dual powermac Mac OS X (10.4.4) Broadband problems

HI Snapper your problem is probably the USB ADSL modem your using. Replace it with an ethernet adsl router.