Re: Linksys Router (BEFW11S4 - ver1)... Constantly losing PPPoE with my ISP

Does the router have a "keep alive" option for the pppoe connection?

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"JC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm stumped
>
> I have an original (BEFW11S4 - ver. 1) Linksys Cable/DSL Router with
> 4-port switch... up until a few weeks ago the thing has worked pretty
> darn well... but then...
>
> I bought a new nForce2 mobo for my gaming PC and built up my 2nd
> computer with some spare parts (so two computers on the Ethernet ports
> - not wireless). Up until that 2nd computer came into the picture, I
> had been using my laptop and my wife's computer on wireless NICs (and
> they were working beautifully as well).
>
> However, for some reason my router has been totally flaky ever since
> adding that 4th computer to my LAN and continually drops my connection
> to my ISP (using PPPoE in the router). The only way for me to get it
> back is to reboot the router, or shut down the DSL modem and THEN
> reboot the router (worst case).
>
> Then my connection will stay up for a few hours, maybe a day or two at
> most... but sure enough, I come downstairs and my Ethernet light on my
> DSL modem is off (showing that the router is no longer responding to
> it) and the router says "Connecting" on my Status panel for the PPPoE
> connection.
>
> I'm totally baffled here.... all I have on the router is ONE computer
> right now (just the Internet PC I built) and I have no idea if the
> connection will be up by the time I finish writing this...
>
> Has anyone had this problem? I don't know if it's my router (I'm
> assuming it is), my DSL connection, or a really pissed off Ethernet
> card that is scrambling the router somehow (maybe?)...
>
> Any experience with a lost PPPoE connection using Linksys routers? My
> firmware is current (1.44.2z as of 12/13/02) and the Linksys FAQ is
> useless...
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone that knows anything! I'm going nuts over
> here!
>
> - JC