Internet connection stumbling, falling out, resuming -- unpredictable

[cafox513]

Main question: Do I need a new modem, or is this some maintenance (or other) being performed by Verizon?

[dslr595148]

Step one: Visit http://www.giganews.com/line_info.html and post up the Traceroute the page shows, if you wish. Be aware that your non-bogan public IP Address will show up.  It might shown up as the final hop (bottom-most line of the trace)  might contain a hop with your IP address in it. Either remove that line or show only the first two octets. What I'm looking for is a line that mentions "ERX" in it's name towards the end. If for some reason the trace does not complete (two lines full of Stars), keep the trace route intact.

For example this what I saw when I was using Verizon

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news.giganews.com

    traceroute to 71.242.*.* (71.242.*.*), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
    1 gw1-g-vlan201.dca.giganews.com (216.196.98.4) 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms
    2 ash-bb1-link.telia.net (213.248.70.241) 39 ms 7 ms 7 ms
    3 TenGigE0-2-0-0.GW1.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.125.125.41) 4 ms 4 ms GigabitEthernet2-0-0.GW8.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.65.76.189) 4 ms
    4 so-7-1-0-0.PHIL-CORE-RTR1.verizon-gni.net (130.81.20.137) 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms
    5 P3-0-0.PHIL-DSL-RTR11.verizon-gni.net (130.81.13.170) 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms
    6 static-71-242-*-*.phlapa.east.verizon.net (71.242.*.*) 32 ms 32 ms 33 ms

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Step two: Can you provide the Transceiver Statistics from your modem?

#3 If you don't know how to get that info:

a) What is the brand and model of your modem?

b) If you have a RJ-45 WAN port router connected to it: What is the brand and model of the RJ-45 WAN port router?

#4 If you have a RJ-45 WAN port router connected to the modem, even if you know how to get the Transceiver Statistics from the modem: What is the brand and model of the RJ-45 WAN port router?

[cafox513]

Sorry, all I could get on the previous response was the traceroute. "Unresponsive hops?" That's a new one on me.

The modem. Here's all the info I have on it; no separate router attached.

Modem: D-Link Model: DSL 27508 (B?)

Firmware version: VZ_1.32

D-LINK
Model DSL-2750B
PN: BSL2750BAVZ02T1
Shipped Firmware version: VZ_1.32
{edited for privacy}

Hope this helps. And thanks so much for the quick response and solid guidance!

[cafox513]

Forgive me two mistakes.

First, I should have explained I'm using a MacBook Pro, without Windows. OS 10 Mavericks keeps me running.

And I didn't realize it would be a problem to include an "image' -- but that was the easiest way to capture the traceroute. Will try it again another way. Stay tuned . . .

[smith6612]

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@cafox513 wrote:

Forgive me two mistakes.

First, I should have explained I'm using a MacBook Pro, without Windows. OS 10 Mavericks keeps me running.

And I didn't realize it would be a problem to include an "image' -- but that was the easiest way to capture the traceroute. Will try it again another way. Stay tuned . . .

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You should be able to copy and paste the traceroute from the Terminal. I happen to have a Mac handy. Here's what a traceroute looks like when copied:

<machinename>:~ <myusername>$ traceroute www.yahoo.com

traceroute: Warning: www.yahoo.com has multiple addresses; using 98.139.183.24

traceroute to ds-any-fp3-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com (98.139.183.24), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets

 1  192.168.3.1 (192.168.3.1)  1.334 ms  1.004 ms  0.812 ms

 2  10.41.13.1 (10.41.13.1)  305.305 ms  511.520 ms  332.611 ms

 3  p0-0-1-1.bflony-lcr-22.verizon-gni.net (130.81.136.28)  281.923 ms  409.290 ms  409.512 ms

 4  ae6-0.ny325-bb-rtr2.verizon-gni.net (130.81.209.36)  307.215 ms  409.851 ms  408.966 ms

 5  0.xe-9-1-0.br1.nyc1.alter.net (152.63.4.241)  512.351 ms  409.575 ms  409.274 ms

 6  * * 204.255.173.54 (204.255.173.54)  340.792 ms

 7  vlan52.ebr2.newyork2.level3.net (4.69.138.254)  411.978 ms  409.302 ms  409.739 ms

 8  ae-4-4.ebr1.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.141.17)  306.878 ms

    ae-46-46.ebr2.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.201.29)  409.497 ms

    ae-46-46.ebr1.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.201.41)  410.238 ms

 9  ae-61-61.csw1.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.134.66)  307.040 ms

    ae-91-91.csw4.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.134.78)  306.689 ms

    ae-71-71.csw2.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.134.70)  400.946 ms

10  ae-4-90.edge4.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.155.210)  306.933 ms

    ae-3-80.edge4.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.155.146)  511.655 ms

    ae-1-60.edge4.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.155.20)  411.678 ms

11  yahoo-inc.edge4.newyork1.level3.net (4.28.130.82)  306.965 ms  409.531 ms  409.354 ms

12  ae-5.pat2.bfz.yahoo.com (216.115.96.67)  418.117 ms

    ae-2.pat2.bfz.yahoo.com (216.115.100.74)  409.593 ms

    ae-2.pat1.bfz.yahoo.com (216.115.100.26)  307.026 ms

13  ae-4.msr1.bf1.yahoo.com (216.115.100.25)  407.566 ms

    ae-3.msr1.bf1.yahoo.com (216.115.100.29)  175.162 ms  409.087 ms

14  xe-7-0-0.clr2-a-gdc.bf1.yahoo.com (98.139.128.19)  307.353 ms

    xe-2-0-0.clr2-a-gdc.bf1.yahoo.com (98.139.232.97)  409.333 ms

    xe-10-0-0.clr2-a-gdc.bf1.yahoo.com (98.139.232.107)  409.181 ms

15  et-17-1.fab8-1-gdc.bf1.yahoo.com (98.139.128.51)  409.403 ms

    et18-25.fab7-1-sat.bf1.yahoo.com (98.139.128.105)  409.539 ms

    unknown-98-139-128-x.yahoo.com (98.139.128.99)  409.295 ms

16  po-16.bas2-7-prd.bf1.yahoo.com (98.139.130.3)  306.611 ms

    po-14.bas1-7-prd.bf1.yahoo.com (98.139.129.225)  409.321 ms

    po-16.bas2-7-prd.bf1.yahoo.com (98.139.130.3)  307.053 ms

17  * * *

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^C

<machinename>:~ <myusername>$ 

[cafox513]

I'm not sure how to use Terminal, but this is what my first attempt got:

Usage: traceroute [-adDeFInrSvx] [-A as_server] [-f first_ttl] [-g gateway] [-i iface]
    [-M first_ttl] [-m max_ttl] [-p port] [-P proto] [-q nqueries] [-s src_addr]
    [-t tos] [-w waittime] [-z pausemsecs] host [packetlen]
charless-mbp:~$ traceroute www.gte.net
traceroute to  (206.46.230.73), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
 1   (192.168.1.1)  1.211 ms  1.514 ms  0.479 ms
 2  l100.lsanca-dsl-11.verizon-gni.net (71.107.248.1)  33.571 ms  32.552 ms  32.218 ms
 3  p0-12-5-1.lsanca-lcr-21. (130.81.185.222)  35.360 ms  34.567 ms  36.030 ms
 4  130.81.199.38 (130.81.199.38)  32.749 ms
    ae1-0.lax01-bb-rtr1. (130.81.199.90)  61.060 ms
    ae0-0.lax01-bb-rtr1. (130.81.209.246)  33.165 ms
 5  xe-3-1-0-0.dfw9-bb-rtr1.(130.81.23.110)  72.989 ms  70.898 ms  88.264 ms
 6  so-2-1-0-0.dfw03-core-rtr1. (130.81.20.219)  64.961 ms  64.428 ms  65.117 ms
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Is this of any value?

[dslr595148]

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@cafox513 wrote:
 

The modem. Here's all the info I have on it; no separate router attached.

Modem: D-Link Model: DSL 27508 (B?)

Firmware version: VZ_1.32

D-LINK
Model DSL-2750B
PN: ********************
Shipped Firmware version: VZ_1.32
S/N: ***********
WPA Key: ***********
SSID/MAC: ***************
User name: admin
Password: ****************

Hope this helps. And thanks so much for the quick response and solid guidance!

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#1 When you look for the transceiver Statistics, this text gives to you an idea of what to look for:

Line Mode, Data Path:, transceiver Information Down Stream Path Up Stream Path, DSL Speed (Kbits/Sec), Margin (dB), Line Attenuation (dB), and Transmit Power (dBm).

#2 As where the transceiver Statistics are located in the DLink 2750:

To my knowledge, no one has managed to find and report the location of the transceiver Statistics page on the D-Liink modem, so we'll need Verizon to grab the stats from the DSLAM, and while they're at it, check the logs on their end to see if the line is dropping out physucally, or is dropping out on another sense.

[cafox513]

Bingo! It was the modem indeed. Verizon came out, checked out my system, and within minutes knew where the problem lay. Swapped the modem for a new one. Ahhhh.

[sherylsrtx]

HELP! SAME PROBLEM here! Which modem/model/etc did you purchase? Please post. I've finally figured it out that my husband's new MacBook Pro Retina/Maverick OS is having compatbility issues with the same D-Link modem as yours.