Re: definitive adsl connection test

From: J.O. Aho (user_at_example.net)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:52:17 +0100

faeychild wrote:
> Mandrake 10 d-link dsl-302g modem

First of all, the X in this newsgroup name has to do with X Windows System, it
has nothing to do with "any linux distro" or "any linux application", for such
things is a news group as alt.linux a lot better. Follow-up has been set to
alt.linux.

> I've assumed that the proper light show on the modem indicates the
> connection to the exchange has been established and the fault is not at
> my end. But if a factory reset seems to ( if a bit inconclusively )
> re-establish a connection should I suspect the modem?

I would suspect a faulty modem, if you have to reset it many times everytime
you try to get online, it's just faulty.

  //Aho