8ta network disconnects

[Kloofvreter]

Mine also has now been connected for about 25 minutes, touch wood, hope it's been resolved.

 

[Base122]

Having the same problem here in Bellville, also using an E367 modem. It kept dropping the connection over the weekend and my router (a Tenda 3G622R+ - which has been working perfectly in the past) isn't reconnecting correctly after the dropped connection (which is weird, as it usually does).

I will say, that whatever was happening here, was a bit strange, as my MikroTik router with E367 was unable to always recover the connection, even with all the recovery scripts I wrote a while back.

During checking on this problem, several times I found the modem in a totally unresponsive state, with indicator showing RF circuits off and no usb serial communications via either the data or info channels. The only recovery was a power reset of the router.

No idea what the 8ta network side could have done to leave the modem in this state.

 

[sajunky]

No idea what the 8ta network side could have done to leave the modem in this state.

I agree, nothing can be done by network in this state.
Remember power problems? Filter/In-cable filter is a solution.

 

[sdjamie]

Glad to stumble upon this thread. My e367/billion 7402nx setup fell over on Friday. (I'm in Kenilworth). I swapped in an e172 (7.2Mbps) and everything was fine.

I though that the e367 had popped its clogs. When connected to my laptop it would start up, connect at hspa+ speeds, and then after a while reboot - the laptop would lose it then redetect. I tested it last night with an Cell C sim and it appeared to be stable, leaving me a bit puzzled. The signal strength for 8ta and Cell C are comparable.

Anyway, given that some folks have had positive results, I'll plug it back in and see what happens.

 

[Kloofvreter]

Just sad that there's not a work about this from 8ta, not even on their website.

 

[sdjamie]

Interesting, e367 plugged back into the router. Solid connection for 30 minutes and counting. Seems fine.

 

[Kloofvreter]

Interesting, e367 plugged back into the router. Solid connection for 30 minutes and counting. Seems fine.

Great news. Now I just don't want to get my hopes up and find out I have received no messages/emails because it disconnected some time during the night