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Sunday, August 21, 2005
Troubleshooting your DSL connection Courtesy of http://www.GeerCom.com.
Geer Communications - your on time technology writer!Welcome!
Maybe there was a storm last night, maybe someone was working on the phone lines somewhere, maybe your DSL provider was down for just a moment. You have your coffee and whatever beside you and you're eager to wake up to an Internet full of e-mail, news or even the dreaded WORK!
No Internet. What is happening here? Well, for any of the above reasons or more you may have a connection gone bad that is just kind of hanging there. It's keeping you from establishing a new connection because the network is still recognizing the old connection gone bad as an existing connection.
What to do? Well, some order of the following steps close to what's described here should do the trick, assuming this is your problem.
Unplug the DSL line from the wall. Reboot the DSL modem (it's actually a router) by pulling the power plug or turning it off and then turn it back on. Reboot your computer. Plug the DSL line back into the wall.
Surf to your delight.
Best,
David Geer - your on time technology writer!
Geer Communications
Geer Communications - your on time technology writer!Welcome!
Maybe there was a storm last night, maybe someone was working on the phone lines somewhere, maybe your DSL provider was down for just a moment. You have your coffee and whatever beside you and you're eager to wake up to an Internet full of e-mail, news or even the dreaded WORK!
No Internet. What is happening here? Well, for any of the above reasons or more you may have a connection gone bad that is just kind of hanging there. It's keeping you from establishing a new connection because the network is still recognizing the old connection gone bad as an existing connection.
What to do? Well, some order of the following steps close to what's described here should do the trick, assuming this is your problem.
Unplug the DSL line from the wall. Reboot the DSL modem (it's actually a router) by pulling the power plug or turning it off and then turn it back on. Reboot your computer. Plug the DSL line back into the wall.
Surf to your delight.
Best,
David Geer - your on time technology writer!
Geer Communications
