Re: [gentoo-user] AT&T DSL + Westell modem/router = Gentoo woes

[Dale]

Grant wrote:
> I recently switched from cable to DSL on a Gentoo router and I'm
> having trouble keeping a stable connection.  Periodically I need to
> run '/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart' before it will connect to the
> Westell modem (which is also a router although AT&T won't admit it).
> The weird thing is that rebooting the system doesn't reacquire the
> connection.  I have to actually issue '/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart'.
> Does anyone know why rebooting doesn't reacquire the connection and
> restarting the interface does?
>
> - Grant
>
>

I have AT&T DSL as well with a Motorola modem.  It's the little silver 
thing.  I have a niece that has the one you are talking about and she 
has to reset her stuff pretty regular.  She is not computer inclined so 
she just turns everything off, waits a bit then turns everything back 
on, modem first of course.

Could it be that that modem just has some "issues" for some reason?  My 
niece runs windoze on her puters, she has two.  I wouldn't think it was 
OS since the only common thing is that modem.

Just a thought.

Dale

:-)  :-)

P. S.  Don't expect AT&T to admit anything.  They told me their DSL 
would even work with Linux at all.