Something been meaning to do for a long time, is to test whether occasional failure to authenticate my internet connection, is caused by Telkom who I have my line through, or Vox, the ISP I have my username/password details of, in my modem.
Have finally proven - to myself at least - that the fault lies with Vox, and not Telkom.
This, due to the fact that in the last half-hour have been unable to get the red internet light on modem to go to green. Was able to get to modem settings via 192.168.1.1 , changed ISP login to Afrihost 1GB test account, and thereafter, no problem accessing internet, the first time.
So, Vox rep. (Voxy ?), why are there periodic problems in authenticating to your internet servers ? This does happen from time to time, as denoted by the use of "periodic" - a few times a week, in fact.
What can be done to resolve this ?
Will a new username / password help, so instead of having a username of ....... @dsl.lantic.net , and going to an obscure server, perhaps [?] , to one instead ending in [email protected] , be of help ??
Would appreciate positive feedback as to what can be done ?
By the way, I always switch off my modem after use, so the fact that other clients aren't experiencing this problem would be down to the fact that they likely leave theirs on, 24/7.
Have finally proven - to myself at least - that the fault lies with Vox, and not Telkom.
This, due to the fact that in the last half-hour have been unable to get the red internet light on modem to go to green. Was able to get to modem settings via 192.168.1.1 , changed ISP login to Afrihost 1GB test account, and thereafter, no problem accessing internet, the first time.
So, Vox rep. (Voxy ?), why are there periodic problems in authenticating to your internet servers ? This does happen from time to time, as denoted by the use of "periodic" - a few times a week, in fact.
What can be done to resolve this ?
Will a new username / password help, so instead of having a username of ....... @dsl.lantic.net , and going to an obscure server, perhaps [?] , to one instead ending in [email protected] , be of help ??
Would appreciate positive feedback as to what can be done ?
By the way, I always switch off my modem after use, so the fact that other clients aren't experiencing this problem would be down to the fact that they likely leave theirs on, 24/7.
