Disconnection when idle?

[arf9999]

Today I have noticed that if I leave my connection idle for any period (e.g 20 minutes) it disconnects. Then when I try to continue, my router has to reconnect. I've checked the logs of my router and it shows the DSL carrier as down. The connection is stable as long as it is active tho'. This has happened throughout today.

Is this a router or Telkom problem?

This is an excerpt of the log:

Apr 10 18:32:29> DSL Carrier is down
Apr 10 18:32:39> DSL Carrier is training
Apr 10 18:32:49> DSL Carrier is up
Apr 10 18:32:56> Connection terminated.
Apr 10 18:32:56> Doing disconnect
Apr 10 18:32:56> pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Apr 10 18:32:56> Before PADI send PADT to mac:0:9:182:141:30:170, session id:371d
Apr 10 18:32:56> Before PADR send PADT to mac:0:9:182:141:30:170, session id:371d
Apr 10 18:32:56> Connecting PPPoE socket: 00:09:b6:8d:1e:aa d23a nas0 0x1000d3b8
Apr 10 18:32:56> Connect: ppp0 {--} nas0
Apr 10 18:33:00> WAN IP address 165.146.13.56
Apr 10 18:33:00> PPPoE Connect with IP Address 165.146.13.56
Apr 10 18:33:00> WAN gateway 165.146.0.1
Apr 10 18:33:00> PPPoE Connection Successfully Established
Apr 10 18:33:00> PPPoE Connect with Gateway IP Address: 165.146.0.1
Apr 10 18:33:00> primary DNS address 196.25.255.34
Apr 10 18:33:00> secondary DNS address 196.25.255.3
Apr 10 20:00:50> DSL Carrier is training
Apr 10 20:01:10> DSL Carrier is up
Apr 10 20:01:16> Connection terminated.
Apr 10 20:01:16> Doing disconnect
Apr 10 20:01:16> pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Apr 10 20:01:16> Before PADI send PADT to mac:0:9:182:141:30:170, session id:d23a
Apr 10 20:01:16> Before PADR send PADT to mac:0:9:182:141:30:170, session id:d23a
Apr 10 20:01:16> Connecting PPPoE socket: 00:09:b6:8d:1e:aa 3dbb nas0 0x1000d3b8
Apr 10 20:01:16> Connect: ppp0 {--} nas0
Apr 10 20:01:18> WAN IP address 165.146.13.56
Apr 10 20:01:18> PPPoE Connect with IP Address 165.146.13.56
Apr 10 20:01:18> PPPoE Connection Successfully Established
Apr 10 20:01:18> PPPoE Connect with Gateway IP Address: 165.146.0.1
Apr 10 20:01:18> WAN gateway 165.146.0.1
Apr 10 20:01:18> primary DNS address 196.25.255.34
Apr 10 20:01:18> secondary DNS address 196.25.255.3

 

[arf9999]

grrr. bump

 

[louisp]

Sry m8!!

Can't help you too much.

My feeling though is that it is a Telkom problem:

1.) You propably haven't changed your settings
2.) DSL should not disconnect when idle by definition
3.) I've noticed that Telkom sometime work on their servers/exchanges which can cause this.

Is it raining near your exchange? I've found that rain can also cause weird con problems!

Maybe post some details about your connection/isp/modem/setup etc?

G'luck

 

[arf9999]

No setup changes, no rain, no wind, no snow.

I have a D-link DSL-G604T router. Set up for G-Lite. ISP is Mweb - HomeDSL384. Connection shows as FastPath 2Mb/s down-512kb/s up.

Wierd thing is that connection seems to stall only when idle for a reasonably long time.

Possibly Telkom are working on the exchange. I'll keep an eye on it over the next coupla days.

 

[Andre]

Telkom have had a disconnect when idle after 60mins "feature" for a long time now. It wouldn't surprise me if they had shortened the time.

 

[arf9999]

Telkom have had a disconnect when idle after 60mins "feature" for a long time now. It wouldn't surprise me if they had shortened the time.

I don't think that this is the case. I have not had this problem before. There is no reason for them to discon.

Anyhow, it didn't disconnect all night, so maybe they were working on the exchange.