rebooting ADSL modem

[Zbigniew Koziol]

Actually, it is possible to connect to my model by using console and eg 
minicom. Once connected, one needs to enter command "restart" to reboot 
the modem.

I strongly suspect that that could be automated, but no wise idea comes 
to my mind how that could be done. Idea ideas?

zb.

Peter Hiscocks wrote:
> For what it's worth, these same symptoms occur on a Windows 98 machine at my
> place using a BB0069 GVC ADSL modem, which is connected to the windows box
> by a USB cable. Having to constantly reboot during a networking session is a
> major pain.
> 
> I'm currently in the process of installing a BB0060 GVC ADSL modem that uses
> the LAN interface of the computer instead of USB. Then I hope that will also
> play with Suse Linux which is on the same box. I will report whether this
> works any better.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 01:54:39PM -0500, Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
> 
>>Is there a way by chance to automatically reboot ADSL modem by sending 
>>some sort of signal to it from a locally connected computer?
>>
>>My ADSL connection does not work perfectely well. It happens that it 
>>brakes up. Modem attempts to establish connection again, but it happens 
>>that it hangs up and is able to get online only after hard rebooting. I 
>>would prefer to do this automatically, not by hand.
>>
>>TThis BB0040 Gnet model.
>>
>>zb.
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