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Re: losing connection!!
« Reply #36 on: Saturday 04 August 07 10:45 BST (UK) »
Hi Newf,

Have worked in telecoms so had worked that out, but thanks for your advice!  The socket I am working from was BT installed! I don't have daisy chain wiring in this house. ;D pity it might be better!!!

I am going to get  some more connectors though and fiddle with testing those first!  One of them could be faulty, even though I have swapped them round.  So could the actual plugs!  Many possibles to check yet before I call an engineer! ::)

 I do know that such intermittant faults [most difficult to trace] are likely to be internal! so I will probably get an engineer out sometime. 

Strange thing is that several friends are having the same problem but with different servers!  Why are some days worse than others!  There is another anomaly ???  We can't all have duff internal wiring!

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Re: losing connection!!
« Reply #37 on: Saturday 04 August 07 10:56 BST (UK) »
Oh, hello, I am not alone, then.
That's comforting  :-\

I seem to run at a good speed, no screen freezes, pointer dashing around like it should...
But the Internet keeps cutting out.
Between 12, mid day and around 4 in the afternoon, and between 9 in the evening and 11 at night. The rest of the time it's normal.

Service provider had the brilliant idea that at that time one of my apliances, probably central heating (I know it's a cold summer but ?) was kicking in.

I sat here last night up to 12 minutes past midnight before it came back on....The house was still, quiet, just me and the comp running.

The funny thing is, this has happened before, twice. It lasted for a couple of weeks each time, and then stopped just as suddenly as it had begun.
Once last summer, once last Christmas, when I was on Dial Up, and now just suddenly this summer, when I have Broadband.

Tried all the plug pulling, closing down, starting up again, jiggling and threatening people...nothing works. I seem to just have to sit
and weather the storm.
That's another thing they said it could be...Bad weather, but bad weather doesn't usually come by the clock, and only at certain times of the year  ;D
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Re: losing connection!!
« Reply #38 on: Saturday 04 August 07 11:16 BST (UK) »
Rabbit

If you get Mozilla Firefox which I highly recommend, you will have to make it your default, rather than IE, otherwise when (if) you get e-mails from Rootschat and you try to click on the link when you are only logged on to Mozilla, you will not be able to bring up the appropriate posting.

Hope that makes sense, it was a problem I had some months back, I'm sure Downside will be able to explain it better than I can.

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Re: losing connection!!
« Reply #39 on: Saturday 04 August 07 13:29 BST (UK) »
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I'm sure Downside will be able to explain it better than I can.

No he can't.  :)
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Re: losing connection!!
« Reply #40 on: Saturday 04 August 07 13:52 BST (UK) »
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Have worked in telecoms so had worked that out, but thanks for your advice!  The socket I am working from was BT installed! I don't have daisy chain wiring in this house.  pity it might be better!!!

Ah, so that BT-installed one is likely to be direct from the master if you dont chain from socket->socket. Did they run an external cable to conect it ?

No difference then to using an extension lead IMHO  ...   :)
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Re: losing connection!!
« Reply #41 on: Saturday 04 August 07 17:19 BST (UK) »
OK folks now how about this!

I had a good look at firefox, and there is a bit at the bottom which says watch the funny foxes video!  So ever game! I clicked on the link and Voila!   ;D

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
   
   Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.
 
   What you can try:
     Diagnose Connection Problems 
 
     More information

This problem can be caused by a variety of issues, including:

Internet connectivity has been lost.
The website is temporarily unavailable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is not reachable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) does not have a listing for the website's domain.
If this is an HTTPS (secure) address, click Tools, click Internet Options, click Advanced, and check to be sure the SSL and TLS protocols are enabled under the security section.

For offline users

You can still view subscribed feeds and some recently viewed webpages.
To view subscribed feeds

Click the Favorites Center button , click Feeds, and then click the feed you want to view.

To view recently visited webpages (might not work on all pages)

Click Tools , and then click Work Offline.
Click the Favorites Center button , click History, and then click the page you want to view.


Now is that funny or not!!  I was not impressed! especially as I was online at the time!
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Re: losing connection!!
« Reply #42 on: Saturday 04 August 07 18:06 BST (UK) »
Rabbit

Firefox can't find the website either!

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Re: losing connection!!
« Reply #43 on: Saturday 04 August 07 20:46 BST (UK) »
Can you borrow another computer and / or ADSL modem / router for a day or two to see whether the problem is in the PC, the router, or the phone line
?

Do you have a wireless netwrk?

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Re: losing connection!!
« Reply #44 on: Saturday 04 August 07 22:57 BST (UK) »
Thanks Liz,
I was beginning to think it was me!   :-[

I had written replies to everyone and forgotten to copy to the clipboard and it cut me off and I lost it!! >:(  This is the 2nd time of typing! ???

I was thanking Graham for his suggestion and saying that I do not have  wireless connection.  Have thought of borrowing a computer/router from someone but it is all very intermittant!  Worst type of fault to find!  PC has been upgraded so big working memory.   ::)

BT checked all wiring some time back all OK within, they found a fault on the pole.  They fixed that! But it happened again! Hope that answers your question Newf:   ;)

Until I found out that other people like PaulaToo were having problems I was sure that I had a gremlin!  Hopefully it will clear up when the ground dries out! 8)

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