just to sympathize with you. After using dsl for a year, I have come to the conclusion it's not very reliable...period.
ok so this is my problem. i keep getting kicked from my dsl (at&t) many times a day due to these:
MON JUN 15 07:45:38 2009 Disconnecting session(0): My Connection due to PADT received
MON JUN 15 07:45:38 2009 Received PADT for session id 6526
i have checked my NID and these are the results i got, they dont seem that much different but i dont really know anythhing about these numbers...any help with these would be great
standard setup
MON JUN 15 07:45:29 2009 US Atten: 16.5 DS Atten: 32.5
MON JUN 15 07:45:29 2009 US Margin: 11.0 DS Margin: 12.0
MON JUN 15 07:45:29 2009 US Tx Power: 9.9 DS Tx Power: 16.3
MON JUN 15 07:45:29 2009 US DSL Rate: 512 kbits/sec DS DSL Rate: 8096 kbits/sec
NID
MON JUN 15 08:53:41 2009 US Atten: 16.0 DS Atten: 30.0
MON JUN 15 08:53:41 2009 US Margin: 13.0 DS Margin: 16.0
MON JUN 15 08:53:41 2009 US Tx Power: 5.2 DS Tx Power: 13.7
MON JUN 15 08:53:41 2009 US DSL Rate: 512 kbits/sec DS DSL Rate: 8096 kbits/sec
standard setup
MON JUN 15 09:02:26 2009 US Atten: 16.5 DS Atten: 32.5
MON JUN 15 09:02:26 2009 US Margin: 12.0 DS Margin: 12.0
MON JUN 15 09:02:26 2009 US Tx Power: 9.9 DS Tx Power: 16.9
MON JUN 15 09:02:26 2009 US DSL Rate: 512 kbits/sec DS DSL Rate: 8096 kbits/sec

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