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ADSL Disconnects when phone calls made/received - filter broken?

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  • 18-06-2007 5:00pm
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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭


    My modem seems to lose its connection whenever a phone call is made or received. Well, it still says it's "connected", but all the ADSL stats (connection speed, attenuation, etc.) go to 0. It either tries to reconnect itself after a while or I can force it to reconnect - it seems to have no trouble reconnecting while the phone call is still going on.

    Is my DSL filter broken? Or is the problem somewhere else?

    I have a Netgear DG834GT, V1.01.32 -UberGT1.05 firmware (from here).


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    bad or no filter.


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    That's what I was hoping. Now to find a shop that doesn't only sell gammy BT plug filters!


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    I got a new filter. I thought it fixed the problem but it seems to still happen sometimes. From looking at my router stats while making calls, everything's fine until the call ends - then everything drops to 0, or even negative levels! Then it reconnects after a minute or so.

    Any ideas?


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    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,448 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    As a matter of interest why are you using the non netgear firmware? Has this problem only started recently? Have you tried it with netgear firmware?


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    The problem pretty much always happened - it may have even happened with the Zyxel modem I got off BT (might try it if I can find it). I am using that firmware because with the Netgear firmware the router crashed on a regular basis, i.e. it would not respond to anything and I'd have to manually power cycle it.


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