Odd (?) Connectivity Problem

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 02:04:17PM -0400, Phillip Mills wrote:
> Two nights ago my ISP dis some DNS reconfiguration.  It's probably not just a coincidence that I lost my ability to use my DSL connection at the same time...sort of.
> 
> I have a DSL modem connected to an old router (Linksys BEFSR41 V3).  The router says that its connection to the ISP is fine and reports the right DNS addresses but any attempt to do a DNS lookup from my client computers fails with some variety of "server not found" message.  Likewise, I get timeouts if I attempt to go directly to a known numerical address.
> 
> The kicker in this is that a direct PPPoE connection from a computer through the modem works just fine.
> 
> ISP tech support for a connected router is officially non-existent.  They told me that they'd seen the problem and that a factory reset to get rid of anything cached had worked for other people who had the problem yesterday.  I did that, re-entered account information, and it reloaded things fine but it didn't change any of the symptoms.
> 
> Any suggestions before I cancel the service and start looking for a replacement provider?

Thrown away the linksys?  That's what I did a few years ago with
a BEFSR41.  What a piece of unreliable shit that thing is.

WRT54GL works fine, but the BEFSR41 was frequently dropping the connection
for no reason.

I do not think your ISP is at fault in any way.

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Len Sorensen
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