[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout

[Les Kalmus]

Try adding the PC with the Telnet session to the DMZ of the Linksys.
This worked for me with a DSL connection that would drop after 15 minutes-4 
hours. Now it stays up 1-2 days.

73, Les


At 09:35 PM 7/17/02 -0500, John Desmond wrote:
>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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