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Title: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Gary on Feb 29, 2008, 02:01:16
I retained sync but lost ppp on Gw5

Fri, 2008-02-29 01:51:12 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:51:12 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:52:12 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:52:12 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:53:12 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:53:12 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:54:12 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:54:12 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:55:12 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:55:12 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:56:12 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:56:12 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:56:24 - CHAP authentication success
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Inactive on Feb 29, 2008, 02:06:12
Nothing here Gary, I'm on dsl4 ;).
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 02:08:53
That happened to Paul the other night, Gary. I think it's the scheduled BT work.
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Gary on Feb 29, 2008, 02:11:16
Quote from: Inactive on Feb 29, 2008, 02:06:12
Nothing here Gary, I'm on dsl4 ;).
Something is going on with Gw5 In, this happened a while ago as well :(
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Gary on Feb 29, 2008, 02:11:36
Quote from: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 02:08:53
That happened to Paul the other night, Gary. I think it's the scheduled BT work.
right could well be Rik I'll give IDNet a bell tomorrow and enquire, I'm dreading the big one in march I just don't trust BT
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 02:15:55
Not just March, Gary - next Tuesday. :(
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 02:18:13
Paul's post is here:

http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=6328.msg118655#msg118655

His log entries were:

Mon, 2008-02-25 00:18:07 - LCP down.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:18:10 - Initialize LCP.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:18:10 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:19:10 - Initialize LCP.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:19:10 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:20:11 - Initialize LCP.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:20:11 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:21:12 - Initialize LCP.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:21:12 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:22:12 - Initialize LCP.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:22:12 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:23:13 - Initialize LCP.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:23:13 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:24:14 - Initialize LCP.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:24:14 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Mon, 2008-02-25 00:24:16 - CHAP authentication success

Very similar pattern to yours.
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Gary on Feb 29, 2008, 02:20:02
very true, i was wondering though surely I would have lost sync as well, which i didn't do as it remained connected at 5088 ???
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 02:21:00
Paul specifically said he just lost PPP, which is what you seem to have done, Gary. Which suggests they're working on the backhaul side of the DSLAMs to me.
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Gary on Feb 29, 2008, 02:23:34
Quote from: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 02:21:00
Paul specifically said he just lost PPP, which is what you seem to have done, Gary. Which suggests they're working on the backhaul side of the DSLAMs to me.
Cheers for your advice Rik, wonder what all the work is for, I know our exchange is due to go all 21st century this year but as our exchange is not even in the red it makes you wonder what the backhaul work is for ???
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Gary on Feb 29, 2008, 02:24:46
Anyway Night Rik for the second time  :sleepy: bed is calling
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 02:25:22
It's BT, Gary - I doubt even they know. :)

However, my suspicion is that it ties into the Tuesday work, "The work is required for an IOS router upgrade, configuration and fibre changes."
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Inactive on Feb 29, 2008, 02:25:45
Night Gary..  ;)
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Noreen on Feb 29, 2008, 10:56:08
After reading this thread, I checked as I'm on gw5 and....................
QuoteFri, 2008-02-29 01:48:14 - LCP down.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:48:21 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:48:21 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:49:22 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:49:22 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2008-02-29 01:50:02 - CHAP authentication success
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 10:59:13
Given the variation in days and times, it doesn't look to be a GW5 issue, so I'm still convinced in my mind that it's the BT work going on...
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Gary on Feb 29, 2008, 11:28:12
Jut called IDNet and they were not aware of any work going on their end or with their network so looks like BT fiddling in the exchange probably >:(
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 11:30:57
Which we know is happening until March 20.
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Gary on Feb 29, 2008, 11:40:17
Very true, and the Gw5 situation a week or so ago was different to this one so it looks like noreen and I were having exchange work done, I hope that was it, at night I tend to webcam with my friends in the states and Canada so its a pain, but at least it was quick and to be fair most people are asleep that time of night in the UK so would not be affected   ;D
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 11:42:14
We know the work is being done between midnight and 6am, and is supposed to result in downtime of 20 minutes, though bT may have been using a worst case scenario in setting that period.
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Gary on Feb 29, 2008, 11:43:05
I imagine they would to cover themselves, 6 mins is hardly a long time really :)
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Barndog on Feb 29, 2008, 11:50:51
I started losing my connection last night, already today its went down 4 times, im always connected at 6.4, last night i was connected at 5.6mbps and right now im connected at a shocking 3.8mbps, hopefully it gets sorted quick
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 11:56:51
That's a different issue to the one we're seeing, which doesn't involve any loss of sync. If you're losing sync, and it's outside the midnight - 6am window, can you post your line stats please.
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Barndog on Feb 29, 2008, 13:42:17
How do i go about posting my line stats Rik, anyways turned pc of for an hour or so came back and its back to normal again
Title: Re: Anyone just lost connection?
Post by: Rik on Feb 29, 2008, 13:44:00
Check for instructions for your router here:

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.htm

The things we are most interested in are downstream attenuation, noise margin and sync speed.