maxshifrin
19-02-2008, 20:21
Hi Guys,
I've been using WL500G for about 3 years now and for the past month
I'm getting a weird problem which I'm not sure whether I should attribute
to the router or to my ISP.
Whenever the router is running with Emule on, it keeps disconnecting from
the internet occasionally.. Between a few minutes and a few hours...
(It hasn't been doing so for the past 3 or so years)
I tried tracing the issue and kept and eye open on the CPU load and it does
seem quite loaded although not bottelnecked... The pppd process can
consume at time up to 30-40% of the cpu.. But the overall CPU usage is
never 100%..
I read a lot about the WAN dies issue the router has, sometimes... And
wanted to make sure this was not the case - to ensure this I telneted
the router and kept a ping active to the ADSL modem at all times...
My reasoning was that if it was indeed the WAN who dies I should have
at least some lost packets...
After doing this for a few days I see there are not lost packets between
the router and the modem... (tens of thousands of pings with
0 packets lost..)
My question thus is - I'm pretty much convinces that this is my ISP trying
to shape the traffic by kicking out P2P users periodically... They do not
admit such behaviour at this time...
Could this be a safe assumption that this is NOT a WAN dies issue with the
router? (or am I not understanding the WAN dies issue correctly?)
Your help is mostly appriciated!
Best Regards,
Max.
P.S.
I also did an FTP test for a few days where I downloaded tens of gigs
via ftp continuously and pppd was also at 30-45% load all the time but
this didn't cause the router to disconnect... Hence my assumption of
ISP kicking me out (by counting open connections or something...)
P.P.S.
Link speed is set to 10half duplex at the router (I tried switching between them all). I use the latest Firmware by Oleg. The modem is Alcatel
Speedtouch Home/Pro (about 8-9 years old but still kicking...)
I've been using WL500G for about 3 years now and for the past month
I'm getting a weird problem which I'm not sure whether I should attribute
to the router or to my ISP.
Whenever the router is running with Emule on, it keeps disconnecting from
the internet occasionally.. Between a few minutes and a few hours...
(It hasn't been doing so for the past 3 or so years)
I tried tracing the issue and kept and eye open on the CPU load and it does
seem quite loaded although not bottelnecked... The pppd process can
consume at time up to 30-40% of the cpu.. But the overall CPU usage is
never 100%..
I read a lot about the WAN dies issue the router has, sometimes... And
wanted to make sure this was not the case - to ensure this I telneted
the router and kept a ping active to the ADSL modem at all times...
My reasoning was that if it was indeed the WAN who dies I should have
at least some lost packets...
After doing this for a few days I see there are not lost packets between
the router and the modem... (tens of thousands of pings with
0 packets lost..)
My question thus is - I'm pretty much convinces that this is my ISP trying
to shape the traffic by kicking out P2P users periodically... They do not
admit such behaviour at this time...
Could this be a safe assumption that this is NOT a WAN dies issue with the
router? (or am I not understanding the WAN dies issue correctly?)
Your help is mostly appriciated!
Best Regards,
Max.
P.S.
I also did an FTP test for a few days where I downloaded tens of gigs
via ftp continuously and pppd was also at 30-45% load all the time but
this didn't cause the router to disconnect... Hence my assumption of
ISP kicking me out (by counting open connections or something...)
P.P.S.
Link speed is set to 10half duplex at the router (I tried switching between them all). I use the latest Firmware by Oleg. The modem is Alcatel
Speedtouch Home/Pro (about 8-9 years old but still kicking...)