Router problem.

I am having some problems with my Netgear DG834PN. I am using the latest DGTEAM firmware. Latley I have noticed that when I boot my PC in the morning
and try and surf, web pages do not load, and I dont seem to be able to connect to any sites. I have checked the stats page on my router, and it tells me
that I am connected and gives the up and down connection speed. The only way that I can acces the web again is to reboot my router. This problem occurs
most mornings when I first turn my PC on. Has anyone got any advice or ideas as to how this problem can be fixed? Thanks for any help with this.

Are you with O2/Be and leave the router connected overnight?

whats that got to do with anything ? i would imagine he leaves his router as most do overnight, damn i even leave pc runnin and can do sometimes for months without shuttin down or rebooting

on o2 ive had a few drops in the night but i think my line just cant handle an SNR lower than 9

Hi there. Yes I am with BE., and I do leave my router on 24/7. I am not sure what is causing this problem.

Bob's question is very relevant.

John.

There appears to be an intermittent problem with DNS on BE/O2 that affects netgear routers mostly. Dns resolution stops working for short periods. Switching DNS providers between Be/O2 and OPENDNS fixes it until you need to switch back.
You might want to look at http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/o2/f/3634555-anyone...

In reply to a post by forsagao:

Hi there. Yes I am with BE., and I do leave my router on 24/7. I am not sure what is causing this problem.

It's a well-known problem with Netgears on O2/Be. Started a few months ago after DSLAM firmware upgrades .

Oliver341 is the expert, and James at ADSL24 provided a modified firmware as well. I'll look for details later.

However what I do when it happens is go to 192.168.0.1 >> ADSL settings then click "Apply".

As soon as that completes, a few seconds, everything is fine again. So it doesn't worry me much.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

whats that got to do with anything ? i would imagine he leaves his router as most do overnight, damn i even leave pc runnin and can do sometimes for months without shuttin down or rebooting

See my second reply to the OP just before this one

on o2 ive had a few drops in the night but i think my line just cant handle an SNR lower than 9

If you would like to post your line stats someone may be able to help.

More importantly, with possible noise margin trouble it is a good idea to download either RouterStats or RoutersStats Lite and monitor it- see Useful Links on my website. I find the full version a pain to set up, scroll down the vlowen page to the Lite version - that's dead easy - I run it 24/7. Also I suggest turning on the log to file option.

The combination of stats and knowing what is going on with the margin may let us sort you out. I assume you have already done things like checking ring wires, extension leads and so on? Again see various places on my website.

Edited by RobertoS (Wed 23-Dec-09 18:43:41)

In reply to a post by Moto:

You might want to look at http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/o2/f/3634555-anyone...

Yep, that's the first thread. A mod closed it for some reason so it continues here.

Ah - here we are - the ADSL24 firmware fix. But of course that's no use to the OP as he is on DGTeam.

The Oliver341 usolicit may work, which is what is built into the ADSL24 f/w to preserve it through a router reboot.

I think I'll stick with my method .

Edited by RobertoS (Wed 23-Dec-09 18:46:49)

Hi guys. Thanks very much for your help and replies. I will look in to all your suggestions over the next few days and see how I get on. I will also post my line stats in the next day or so for you to have a look at, and give your opinions. Thanks once again.

I will look in to all your suggestions over the next few days

Ignore my reply to the Anon poster.

The way in my reply to you works. So does the usolicit one from what I read in those threads.

If the infamous "routing problem" is the issue, then the OP ought to try the adsl24 amended firmware and if necessary use DMT to reduce the snr, that's what I've been doing for the past few months and it's been very reliable. Note that I'm using v1.02.16 amended firmware.
http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/o2/t/3680707-anyone...

Actually for the past few days I've been using a reserve GT with DGTeam firmware to see if the original problem still pertains. Four days so far with no issues, but I'm still reserving judgement.

He are my stats.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Modem
ADSL Firmware Version A2pB023b.d20e
Modem Status Connected
DownStream Connection Speed 23055 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 1377 kbps
==============================================

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 23055 kbps 1377 kbps
Line Attenuation 17.5 db 6.9 db
Noise Margin 3.3 db 4.8 db
==============================================
I cant seem to find the detailed stats within this new modified firmware though.

You'll find them in the same place as the standard stats! All the amended firmware does is add some code to keep the routing alive, it doesn't change anything else, and the attenuation and margin should be similar in both. Just click on 'Router Status'>'Show Statistics'.

Anyway I wish I had that connection speed )-;

The page that I meant was the one that showd the errors like CRC and LOS, over a 24 hour period. In the DGTEAM firmware I think this page is on the diagnostics page.

Ahah! I don't think the Netgear standard firmware supplies that, it's another advantage of the DGTeam firmware. Likewise, the adsl24 amended firmware is based on the standard stuff.

Cool! Thanks for your reply. I will try and see how this firmware performs over the next few days. I did not have and troble this morming when I booted my PC and went to surf the net.

In reply to a post by forsagao:

The page that I meant was the one that showd the errors like CRC and LOS, over a 24 hour period. In the DGTEAM firmware I think this page is on the diagnostics page.

DMT v8.07 will pick up those stats, also let you tweak the margin but not preserve the tweak through a reboot or power-cycle.

Or see this page on my website, specifically the Monitors and Tweakers section and the Netgear CLI stuff. These days I use the CLI tab or experimental tab in DMT as that automatically ensures Netgear "debug" is enabled.

The CLI command for full stats is:-

adslctl info --stats

Edited by RobertoS (Thu 24-Dec-09 18:31:03)