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  • 18-12-2018 4:15am
    #1
    mcdaids69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭


    just quick question about my vodafone broadband..every night it resets at random times.im very good with PCs if theirs any DOS commands or programs i can use to stop this...im a nighttime person (gaming/streaming) and its awful when it resets mid games or live streams


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  • #2
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,651 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    I believe that is Vodafone resetting your IP, not the router being faulty. Used to happen to me when I was still with them. Shocking and annoying practice.


  • #3
    mcdaids69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭mcdaids69


    last time i googled it,your answer was the same as i was thinking.i did find something that you can do like set the time it does it through CMD.EXE prompts.surely theirs a faster way and less dangerous to **** ups


  • #4
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,651 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Only fix is to switch providers. That's what I did.


  • #5
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,163 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Its Vodafones RAS doing this. Change ISP if you need to stay up. Its a very 1990s behaviour that they've never gotten over.


  • #6
    mcdaids69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭mcdaids69


    no fix by look of it :mad: ...thanks for help ! :D


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  • #7
    julesdarcy
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭julesdarcy


    Ask Vodafone to apply a static IP. That will keep it going throughout the night.


  • #8
    Marlow
    Registered Users Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    cnocbui wrote: »
    I believe that is Vodafone resetting your IP, not the router being faulty. Used to happen to me when I was still with them. Shocking and annoying practice.
    ED E wrote: »
    Its Vodafones RAS doing this. Change ISP if you need to stay up. Its a very 1990s behaviour that they've never gotten over.

    Nah. Lots of ISPs actually do it. It has to do with the way billing systems interact with the RAS. (automatic disconnect after 24 hours on suspension, should the human factor fail to disconnect the customer .. it's also sometimes used to trigger more reliable traffic accounting)

    And normally it shouldn't really cause big problems, but Vodafone enforces an IP change while doing this. And that really disrupts things.

    In the Fritz!Box routers you can set the time you want the disconnect to happen proactively, but I don't think the Huawei and the Gigabox have that feature.

    You can attempt to power-cycle the router at a convenient time during day time. The line reset should move to that point in the day then.

    It's generally after 24 hours online time. So you just happen to have reset the router at that time at some point. It's been resetting every 24 hours at that point of time ever since.

    /M


  • #9
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,163 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    julesdarcy wrote: »
    Ask Vodafone to apply a static IP. That will keep it going throughout the night.

    For some stupid monthly fee no?

    Marlow wrote: »
    Nah. Lots of ISPs actually do it.

    But you can renew the lease without a reset and pulling from the pool once more. Doing a silent sanity check vs the CRM, grand. Ending the "call" and starting over - silly.


  • #10
    Marlow
    Registered Users Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    ED E wrote: »
    But you can renew the lease without a reset and pulling from the pool once more. Doing a silent sanity check vs the CRM, grand. Ending the "call" and starting over - silly.

    Not that easy. Actually problematic with some RAS/Billing combinations. It's PPPoE. It's not a lease.

    But the specific Vodafone culprit is the enforced IP change. Not the PPPoE drop. Most ISPs who do things that way, ... you'll just get the same IP. It's instant and non-disruptive.

    /M


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