Bulldog connection drops sync....

StevieP · 15 Mar 2006 at 22:38

I am having a few problems with my Bulldog connection staying active. I am currently connecting at between 7mb & 8mb with Bulldog through my PCI Dynamode modem.
Problem is the connection drops every now and again. It doesnt seem to be the connection though as my modem "pings" a few times then reconnects and when I click to connect, my connection thingy tells me I'm still connected. I wouldnt mind but I cant the even view a webpage until I disconnect and re-connect!!!

Is this my line "sync"?? and is there any way to improve the stability (even sacrificing some of the speed??)

Any help would be appreciated as playing Guild Wars with this type of problem is driving me mad!!!!!

Cheers

StevieP

benjo plz. · 15 Mar 2006 at 22:39

Tbh, you would get a better connection with a router.

tolien · 15 Mar 2006 at 22:40

It's possible you're losing sync - without stats (attenuation, SNR margin, sync rate), it's pretty hard to say much at all.

benjo plz. · 15 Mar 2006 at 22:42

If he's connecting at 7/8mb, I would have thought its less likely to be bad stats...

StevieP · 15 Mar 2006 at 22:47

I used to get the odd loss of sync when I was on my 1mb Pipex connection...but nothing as often as now (with the same modem)
How do I get my line stats???

Can a new router really make this kind of difference???
Ive been looking at the Belkin 7633 which people seem to think is pretty good.

StevieP

nolimit · 15 Mar 2006 at 22:55

Just get yourself a router, I'm 80% sure it will solve your problem but if it doesn't you can always send it back but you will loose 10-15%.

From my experience and helping set up friends Internet connection, PCI and USB modem router is no no after 4mbit!

tolien · 15 Mar 2006 at 23:02

Phnom_Penh said:
If he's connecting at 7/8mb, I would have thought its less likely to be bad stats...

Nothing stopping your SNR margin dropping...

StevieP · 15 Mar 2006 at 23:06

How do I test/check my line stats??

StevieP

(since I cant afford a new router right now)

tolien · 15 Mar 2006 at 23:09

No idea.

wesley · 16 Mar 2006 at 09:15

are you connected to master/test socket. i had exactly same problem in first 2 weeks with bulldog. the problem disappeared when i moved the router downstair to connect to test socket (even master socket got bad SNR reading) due bad wiring. trust BT!

StevieP · 16 Mar 2006 at 10:17

I think my main socket is in my kitchen but it would mean carting my whole machine downstairs to check it....plusthe problem seem intermittant!!!
I left it on last night downloading and this morning it had kept connection all night no problem!!
It just seems to be while gaming - why would this make any difference???

StevieP