ADSL Connectivity problems to certain sites

[JQ444]

Hi All,

I have just joined this Forum after searching and trying out all sorts of things to get my adsl connection to what it was before ServicePack 2. I have had adsl since it first came out, using the old Marconi pots, now on the broadband router. I never had these problems before SP2 and Telkom techs don't do Windows. I know that after having had about 20 of them at different times with different problems coming to my house to 'test the line' which I know is working fine. They are still not sure whether I should get new hardware (my 3rd, says much for their technology) or move house.

My problem occurs on Yahoo Messenger, Internet Banking, online gambline (PiggsPeak) as well as some game site that I frequent. I will get disconnected (or dropped) while the sync light is still flashing, therefore I can't log a call with Telkom. I don't have this problem on dial-up. I have, however, asked the techs at Telkom to give me additional DNS addresses to try out, but the problem persists.

If anybody, anywhere has some suggestion as to what causes this drop in connection, I would like some ideas to try out.

Thanks for a great site, read some posts on the forum and it just makes me dislike Telkom more and more every minute. Why MWeb/MNet can't use our satellite dishes to provide a cable network is beyond my understanding.

 

[Franna]

My best advice - use the process of elimination.

Take your complete setup (computer, broadband router, cables, etc) to somebody else with the exact same ADSL setup (speed, ISP), plug it in there and see if you get the same problem.

If there is no problem, your ADSL connection is at fault and not your PC. If you get the same problem, then the issue is with your setup. As next step try to switch around your friends router with your own router.

If you still experience a problem then your PC must be at fault.