I keep losing my Internet connection. I am with Bell Sympatico. Tech support is the usual Paki runaround.
I used to just set my modem in bridge mode, and then use the router to enter my PPOE settings.
However, this method seems to ge getting more and more unreliable. Suddenly I will lose the connection and the only way it seems I can get it back is to connect directly to my modem, do a reboot of it, set it back to bridge mode, connect the router again, then restore factory defaults on my router and enter all settings again. Even that sometimes doesn't work.
What does seem to reliably work is entering my PPOE settings in my modem and then setting my router to Automatic Configuration - DHCP.
(This would be fine, but I have an Internet camera I like to use to monitor my house when I am away, and it will only work if I enter the PPOE settings on the router itself. I am using a dynamic dns service with the camera, and if I don't have it setup that way, I can't view the cam over the internet. When I try to view the cam I end up at my modem configuration screen.)
So, should I try replacing my router, or should I get Bell to send me out another modem? Any other ideas on what I am doing wrong? Router is a Linksys WRT54G, and is at least 3 years old.
Props to anyone who actually reads all that.