I seem to have lost my broadband connection which has been running trouble free for four months.
It happened sometime on Tuesday. It was going OK in the morning but later in the day I couldn't connect and that has been the case since (I only turn it on when I use my computer rather than having it running continuously).
The connection has been trouble free since the first day. Although a while back I did experience something similar but it was back up within 24 hours. (But at that time I didn't look into the 'guts' of my router to see what was actually going on).
I have a D-Link DSL-504T. The carrier seems to be up but there is no connection. This shows in the router's log:
Sep 8 12:00:06> Valid Configuration Tree Sep 8 12:00:10> Firewall NAT service started Jan 1 01:01:00> Bridge Created: br0 Jan 1 01:01:00> Bridge Interface Added: eth0 Jan 1 01:01:04> DSL Carrier is training Jan 1 01:01:14> DSL Carrier is up Jan 1 01:01:19> pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Jan 1 01:01:19> Connect: ppp0 {--}
I have tried resetting the router's firmware and setting up the connection info again but it still won't connect, even when I explicitly tell it to.
It is almost as if the 'other end' is not accepting my login/password any more.
I seem to remember coming across a login/password on the net you could use to check that your connection was working but I haven't been able to find it again.
There could be several places where the error could be - router, telephone exchange (Norwich), ISP (Tiscali/UKFSN).
Can some one explain what is happening and how I can get it working again.
TIA
Allan Miller