I had plugged in the GLB-502T to check out its web interface (haven't got my ADSL connection activated yet :-( )and I found my system becoming *lazy*.
In the sense that applications were taking a longer time than usual to start up. The system indicator applets show no activity - CPU, memory, disk or swap - no blinking HDD LED - but there is a noticeably large lag between clicking an application and it being ready to use. So much so that it took almost 5 minutes for my desktop to load after login.
Removing the router and plugging in the cablenet LAN brought things to normal.
Another thing there seems to be a lot of bad karma associated with GLB-502T. http://www.webservertalk.com/archive236-2006-9-1667246.html Plus there's a bunch of posts on <www.broadbandforum.in> (it isn't working as of 11:20 AM today) that I came upon stating some problems to do with its WAN MAC address.
Anyone on this list with experience - good or bad - of the GLB-502T?
Regards.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rohit V Bhute" rvbhute@gmail.com To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 11:22 AM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] D-Link GLB-502T slowing down Ubuntu Edgy?
I had plugged in the GLB-502T to check out its web interface (haven't got my ADSL connection activated yet :-( )and I found my system becoming *lazy*.
The seems to be some firmware problem with GLB-502 T. Although I connected it to my windows box, it would disconnect every 5 minutes or so.
A visit to the D-Link service centre and new firmware did the trick. I was at my wits end as nobody could diagnose what the problem was and lead to a loss of more than 20 days before all the possibilities were removed, including line problems, wiring issues, etc. All of which ended up not being the cause of the problem.
The firmware update maybe available from the D-Link website too but I got it done at the service centre located at Santacruz, Mumbai
Cheers
Vinod Chand
I had plugged in the GLB-502T to check out its web interface (haven't got my ADSL connection activated yet :-( )and I found my system becoming *lazy*.
The modem's not to blame. I find that removing the LAN connection is the culprit. Like its waiting for something... What, I have no idea - the pppd shouldn't make it wait like that.
On Saturday 06 January 2007 13:29, Rohit V Bhute wrote:
I had plugged in the GLB-502T to check out its web interface (haven't got my ADSL connection activated yet :-( )and I found my system becoming *lazy*.
The modem's not to blame. I find that removing the LAN connection is the culprit. Like its waiting for something... What, I have no idea - the pppd shouldn't make it wait like that.
pppd??. You dont run anything to connect to an adsl ethernet. perhaps your mta is not configured.
jtd wrote:
pppd??. You dont run anything to connect to an adsl ethernet. perhaps your mta is not configured.
Umm, right now my machine is configured to use Pacenet. So its running PPP. From my terminal:
<copy> rohit@mark2:~$ ps aux|grep ppp|grep -v grep root 3198 0.0 0.1 2768 880 ? Ss 13:18 0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd call dsl-provider </copy>
I have configured using pppoeconf to start the connection at boot time. But even that shouldn't possibly be the cause.
Rohit V Bhute wrote:
I had plugged in the GLB-502T to check out its web interface (haven't got my ADSL connection activated yet :-( )and I found my system becoming *lazy*.
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Removing the router and plugging in the cablenet LAN brought things to normal.
Another thing there seems to be a lot of bad karma associated with GLB-502T. http://www.webservertalk.com/archive236-2006-9-1667246.html Plus there's a bunch of posts on <www.broadbandforum.in> (it isn't working as of 11:20 AM today) that I came upon stating some problems to do with its WAN MAC address.
Anyone on this list with experience - good or bad - of the GLB-502T?
First and foremost, for proper functioning of an ADSL modem, proper telephone lines are required, so before tinkering with the modem's settings, always check the tel. wiring. Strictly no parallel phones.
A few months back I was installing a wireless router to the said modem and in between internet was down. I did not remember the normal number of lights on but the ADSL light was on so I asked the client. He said that 3 lights are normally on and that was the case. So I started investigating the modem's settings but could not log into it even though IP settings were right. So I checked the lan wire, changing it with another one but still no result. After a lot of sweating around, it started all by itself and now 4 lights were on. I could now log into it and net was already up. Only when there was another phone call and someone in the other room picked it up, did the PPPoE light go off along with the net access, that I realized what had happened. What happens is that the ADSL light remains on but the PPPoE light goes off, indicating a connection break. At that time you cannot even log into it. However without a tel line plugged into the GLB 502T, it should allow you to log into the web interface. I have done that when I was installing a GLB 502T at another place.
Regards,
Rony.
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