WAN port dies - fixing speed

[Oleg]

did you use dhcp for address assignment?

[dr-snuggles]

I wanted 2 thank u all at the forum. First i suffered from a general connection loss, but after installing the 1.8.2.4. firmwar that was a little solved. I had my azureus on upnp and like 5-6 times a day a mesages connection lost. Also, my surfing days were gone whenever i was downloading with azureus.

According 2 advis here in the forum i shut off the upnp and put my modem 2 100full duplex and.... fulle donwload speeds and all computers on my network (3 wired clients, 2 wireless clients) still able to surf, games etc. Wonderful

[dr-snuggles]

Maybe i cheered a little 2 soon. After 5 days it choked again . Th estrange thing is my torrents keep running, just the rest isn´t accessible anymore

[Oleg]

This is a different problem. Increase max number of tracked connections to 4096

[virrr]

I had I dieing wan port aswell.

I upgraded the firmware to v1.8.2.4 BETA and set speed to fixed 100 full and I had not had a disconnnect since then.

Just for your information.

[dr-snuggles]

Oleg, thanx for the tip. I have read the thread about it, but couldn't find that setting at my firewall settings. And someone else said that it was fixed in the 1.8.XXX firmwares??? Or i am very dumm, but i can't find the connections setting anywhere (firmware 1.8.2.4)

[Oleg]

well, you need custom firmware for this... 1.8.1.7-3 is latest.

[Oleg]

Alternatively you can write down a script (file), which could be executed from usb drive if you've one, the contents should be

#!/bin/sh
echo 4096 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max

[dr-snuggles]

Oleg, thanx again for the support. I will try 2 put the custom firmware in since i don't have a usb stick or any. My scripting knowledge is zero so i am afraid i will f**k up the router if i try that.

[freestuff]

Problem happened to me also.
I have a Zyxel prestige 650R-31 (Analog ADSL modem/router), the problem only happens when I'm connected with my laptop (laptop with a Intel 2100 wireless card) I'm using the Asus firmware 1.8.1.9 and I'm using it as a home gateway.
Most off the times it happens when I'm downloading from Usenet (with the laptop) at full speed 250-300KB. Sometimes the Asus wan port dies after 1 hour.
I will try the workaround (fixed port speed).
I will post the results after a few days.

[xytron]

I hva prettu much the same problem as dr-snuggles and I'm also using Azureuz. But the problem is that i don't know how to change the port speeds?!?! So can someone please tell me exactly how to put my modem to 100full duplex?!?
I've also upgraded to firmware 1.8.2.4.
Hope you could help me out here. I hate the "wan-die" problem!!!

[ronak]

The general rule is: Same settings in both ends ! This means that if you ain't able to configure the other end, leave to auto to let autonegotiation work correctly. With 100Mb be aware to use kables of GOOD qality, min. CATegory5.

[jago25_98]

I haven't been able to get the WAN port working at all.

The settings are simple:

ifconfig eth1 192.168.100.10 on the router

and

ifconfig eth0 192.168.100.11 on the computer

using a crossover cable that has been tested and various media types / auto-negoitation.

- cannot ping 192.168.100.10 from the computer
- WAN light is lit up
- cannot ping 192.168.100.11 frin the router but this is probably because the ping command on the router probably doesn't support the -I switch

How can I be 100% sure my WAN port is broken because I personally know the guy who sold it to me. Could I send it back? Could I somehow add an ethernet port, replace the WAN port or replace the wireless card for an ethernet card?

[tomilius]

First word of advice is not to assume something is broken just because you don't know how to use it. Second word of advice is to try the forum search. Third--have you even tried using the WAN port the way it's supposed to be used?

[Styno]

jago, I just read a post from you where you state that the WAN port works in AP mode, so I guess it's a configuration problem...