[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout

[John Desmond]

Hi Alan,

I just read your note today.  I have had this same problem ever since going to a
cable modem over a year ago.  My telnet sessions would drop anywhere from 2
hours to 10 hours after they were set-up. The sessions were not just to
DXClusters that had the problem.  I use telnet to other systems such as routers
and Linux machines.  They all had the same problem.

I have a Linksys router with the 4 port switch.  In the past I have tried
calling Linksys tech support and also have loaded every new version of code that
was released, hoping that they might just fix it, even if it were inadvertent.
Their support is just plain awful if not just plain pathetic.

What proved to me that it was the Linksys was when I replaced it with a Cisco
806.  The dropped sessions stopped.  I have had sessions up for a week plus with
no drops.  It is pretty clear to me that the Linksys is loosing track of the
telnet session somehow.

The answer may not be that you need a Cisco router.  I have never tried any of
the other brands out there like D-Link, etc.  They may not have this problem.


73,  John  K0TG


Alan Clark wrote:

> I have recently converted from a dial-up to an ISP to get my DX Spots to a
> Cable Modem.  Since converting to the cable modem I notice that it times out
> and goes off line without any notification.  All I notice is that I am not
> getting spots any more.  Works fine when I dial up the ISP, but with the
> cable modem it times out.  Any insight to a solution?
>
> Alan, N5PA
>
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