This may sound weird but I want eliminate all possible causes to my DSL woes that have beset me for the best two weeks. Most of the problems are intermittent but the outages can be extended from time to time.
The problem is that I lose DSL connectivity, the DSL modem's "DSL Light" which should remain constant flickers. The log information in the dsl modem show that dsl is dropping, or a bad dns entry shows up (not sure if that's related).
Since I have my TC configured for internet access with PPOE and is authenticating so I'm wondering could this be the culprit to my problems. Does this sound to wacky, TC taking out connectivty of my DSL modem?
I'm running strictly off my DSL modem and when I get home tonight, I'll check out the logs to see if DSL stayed up. I also have verizon coming, again. I've changed the cable from wall to the dsl modem. Made sure the phone has a filter on it and I don't have a phone via a splitter, on the wall jack going to the dsl modem.
The frustrating part of this, is that every support call to verizon takes an hour. So any leg work I can do to help isolate the issue means less calls or quicker calls.
I'm also going to buy a new dsl modem today and see if that solves the problem. The TC is rather new, only a couple of months had has not given me any problems before this.