[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout

Wed, 17 Jul 2002 23:43:56 -0400

Just an FYI, I'm running a Compaq CPW Wireless Router and it has this
problem. I'll troll the setup pages tonight to see if I can find a keep
alive value. I would also say the main difference between linksys and cisco
is one is a home networking product and the other is probably commercial.
You've got to skimp where you can to make up the margin. :)

-bmb

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Kurt W. Zimmerman
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:45 PM
> To: '[email protected]'; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout
>
>
> Not really knowing much about the Linksys router, I would seem to think
> that you are experiencing a time out instead of loosing track of
> the telnet
> session.  You should have some user-definable parameters in any router to
> allow you to change and/or configure timeouts.
>
> I would not give up all hope on the Linksys router until it has
> been fully
> explored.  Mind you, most of the folks on tech-support help desks don't
> always have the answers.  I've found that out from personal experience.
>
>
> 73;
> Kurt - W2MW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John Desmond [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:35 PM
> To:	[email protected]
> Cc:	[email protected]
> Subject:	Re: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout
>
> 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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