Re: [MLUG] Decent router, cable modem

[George Robb <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

If you have access to both sides at the same time you may want to  
give iperf a shot...

http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/

George

On Aug 3, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Chris Topinka wrote:

> Really haven't checked if I'm dropping or disconnecting.  How can I  
> do this?  Ping plotter?  Better Open Source or Freeware?
>
> Behavior:
> TCP connections that are idle more than a couple of minutes will  
> mysteriously vanish. For example, a telnet or SSH session, left at  
> a prompt for two minutes without input, would stop responding and  
> eventually time out.
>
> This happens when I'm connected to servers that I use at work and  
> that will stay connected all the time when I'm working there.  How  
> can I track down why this is?
>
> By the way, I've got the default login working.  Misprint in the  
> user guide.  [blank]/admin not admin/admin.  So I'll probably try  
> and keep using this thing for a while.
>
> Thanks for the great replies.
>
> On 8/3/06, Mark Rupright <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote: 
> Hi Chris,
>
> If your really set on getting a new firewall, I recommend that you  
> take a look at the cyberguard sg300.  We use this firewall at a  
> couple of our field locations at work.  I have one setup at our  
> columbia location (we use mediacom hs for the internet connection  
> at this location) with a vpn tunnel back to our home office...never  
> had a problem.  It's based on the linux 2.4 kernel.
>
> HTH
>
> Mark Rupright
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: EMAIL:PROTECTED on behalf of Chris  
> Topinka
>         Sent: Wed 8/2/2006 3:29 PM
>         To: mlug
>         Cc:
>         Subject: [MLUG] Decent router, cable modem
>
>
>         I'm having problems with the default login on my router.   
> It's a Linksys and a royal piece of crap.  I'm looking for a stand  
> alone cable modem and seperate router that has decent performance.   
> The Linksys drops packets all the time - i.e. you can't have an  
> idle ssh session for more than a couple of minutes before it  
> disconnects and now I can't seem to get it back to the default  
> login by pressing the reset button.
>
>         Any suggestions on what to get?  It would be nice if the  
> combo provided decent security and is compatible with my Mediacom ISP.
>
>         Chris
>
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>         Christopher M. Topinka
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>         University of Missouri
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