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Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > my adsl is down, so if people don't hear from me then thats why. I am > about to try 2x new filters to see if that is the cause, it just went off > on friday morning which is the odd thing about it. > > anyway good meeting friday night, > > I seem to be getting both the lnk and act lights flashing, all the time, > which does seem odd, if I am connected properly then the lnk light is on > and the act is usually flashing quite quickly (indicating there is > activity) > > i tried what was suggested, but to no avail, (thats if I did it right) > > Neigher XP or Linux can connect which almost rules of software issues. > > I also tried an old connexant usb adsl modem, in winxp, that also has a > light for link, which was on, the software also indicated there was soem > sort of connection, but there was no downlink activity, > > I also booted a ubuntu disk, which seems to fair better with the > connexant, however while support is there, it suggests following a link to > an external website to get help getting such modems working, which given > i can't get online is a catch 22 for me at least. > > anyway will sign off, hopefully will be back on line this week sometime, > > any other suggestions welcome. > > Paul > > Paul, Did you like in Marhamchurch (Bude) have a lightning strike. Is has caused havoc in M'church knocking out modems,routers and all manner of digiboxes etc. John -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html