From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PTkVG-0006Hn-Kb for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:18:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D93A7E04CB for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:18:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f52.google.com (mail-gw0-f52.google.com [74.125.83.52]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3079E05EC for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:43:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb11 with SMTP id 11so677378gwb.11 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:43:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=XpxhBGJj85Kh0NaMnOFF7F1/FbeLmDCvK08b/G30jUg=; b=KDHavL2/ur4FqHeZGZsks27Tqxw+tROaSfGC8NlfSyBBbpx/yznnPBoiXusZC8xM1z rOrhfGMgZCu5LUFBnJqPo1QLvEA1eO+7A47md1Y8gGHdvduv29lHjNr2iOwi48SmJoQj xu1BahhnEdDNVOIx8YrPAG/C59zv6D8ksLuHY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=r1eKSManZApQG8qoVbaf0uANZItB4CH78tjF7sJhZdd1i7tyeVNp3zl5gHOipXMElk SQenxqbg19F1qz3Z+6W4k+jD09Jy53YVF4o/kwh/UICPv5t9gWKy5wNDmJGx5HPRTEmT g3USe6ENAbHVgqEPRGKoucFhayyZq91VWKqis= Received: by 10.147.136.6 with SMTP id o6mr2549315yan.19.1292629389279; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:43:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.5] (adsl-0-118-207.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.118.207]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w4sm4834256anw.16.2010.12.17.15.43.07 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:43:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D0BF58A.7080905@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:43:06 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101212 Gentoo/2.0.11 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linksys router BEFSR41 loosing internet References: <4D0BC8A2.5000509@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 865fbb92-9372-46aa-a9d8-0190d85cd560 X-Archives-Hash: 542e98467507d33a97f87ac21d466cfa walt wrote: > On 12/17/2010 12:31 PM, Dale wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I bought this router the other day. I notice something that is a >> little weird. When I first wake up and try to check my email, the >> internet is dead. The light on my DSL modem is red and Seamonkey >> can't check my email or load a webpage. If I unplug the >> router then plug it back up, it works fine. It seems that after a >> while the router cuts off the internet for some reason. >> >> I need the internet to stay alive even when I am asleep. I run >> folding and it sends data without asking me and some other stuff is >> running as well. I have looked in the settings of the router but I >> don't see anything that will change this. Am I missing >> something? Is this normal? I used a router once before and I don't >> remember this being a issue. >> >> I also updated the firmware and it still does it. Feature? Wrong >> setting? Router broke? > > I've had experience with only two DSL routers, but they both have a > settable > timer which shuts down the connection after N minutes of inactivity. I'm > guessing that yours has a similar adjustment, but dunno for sure. > > I called myself looking for something like that but I can't find it if it is in there. It is annoying. It would be OK if when I wanted to go to a url, check my email or folding wanted to send in data, that it would start back up. Thing is, I have to restart the router to get it to work. I mean actually unplug the power and then plug it back in. I'll be looking some more but not sure where else to look. I'm hoping for ideas. Dale :-) :-)