Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linksys router BEFSR41 loosing internet

[Dale]

walt wrote:
> On 12/19/2010 05:17 AM, Dale wrote:
>
>> I don't know if the reset changed this or not but I did notice
> > that the setting "connection type" was set to "on demand" again.
> > I put it back to "always on" which is what I set it to once before.
>
> That was the timeout thingy I mentioned earlier.  If you set it to
> "always on" the timer should be disabled, and hence you don't need
> to set the timer at all.
>
> I can't recall if resetting my router erases *all* of such user
> settings, but I think it does -- including the password, BTW,
>
> I recently learned something interesting from an ATT support tech
> (in India):  resetting (i.e. rebooting) the router by pushing the
> little button with the end of a paperclip is *not* equivalent to
> disconnecting/reconnecting the power and *then* pushing the reset
> button.
>
> I.E. there is some state of the internal hardware that is not reset
> by pushing the reset button on the router.  I had tried everything
> I could think of *except* powering off the DLS modem and the router
> at the same time, and then letting both power up again.  That fixed
> everything.
>
> I imagine these annoying quirks will differ between products, so
> we all may need different bags of tricks to fix such problems.
>

I did notice that my username was there.  I just knew I was going to 
need it and I couldn't even remember the login name.  Then I remembered 
that I saved in Seamonkey password file.  Whew !

I noticed on the router that to completely reset it, you have to push 
the reset button and hold it for 30 seconds or more.  It said it even 
resets the firmware.  I have not tested this theory tho.

I wonder how that would work with the modem tho.  I'm just curious tho.

Dale

:-)  :-)